Kallistos Ware
Kallistos Ware | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Diokleia | |
Ware speaking at Ascension Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Oakland, California | |
| Church | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain |
| See | Diokleia |
| Installed | 1982 |
| Term ended | 24 August 2022 |
| Predecessor | Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1966 |
| Consecration | 1982 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Timothy Richard Ware 11 September 1934 |
| Died | 24 August 2022 (aged 87) Oxford, England, Great Britain |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Education | |
Metropolitan Kallistos (born Timothy Richard Ware, 11 September 1934 – 24 August 2022) was an English bishop and theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church. From 1982, he held the titular bishopric of Diokleia in Phrygia (Greek: Διόκλεια Φρυγίας), later made a titular metropolitan bishopric in 2007, under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He was one of the best-known modern Eastern Orthodox hierarchs and theologians. From 1966 to 2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford.