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1st century (not known) – c. 99–101 · Rome (Bishop)

Clement, bishop of Rome in the late 1st century, wrote in his church's name to the church of Corinth; the letter is among the oldest Christian writings outside the New Testament.

1st century (c. 30–35; not known) – 20 December 107 (ANF; 116 by another reckoning) · Antioch (Bishop)

Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, was condemned under Trajan and taken to Rome to be martyred. On the way he wrote seven letters to the churches, among the earliest witnesses of the Apostolic Fathers.

c. 69 (traditional) – c. 155–156, or 166–167 · Smyrna (Bishop)

Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, was taught by the apostles according to Irenaeus and was a friend of Ignatius. He was martyred in old age; one letter, to the Philippians, survives.

between 120 and 140 (ANF) – c. 202 · Lugdunum (Lyons), Gaul (Bishop)

Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons, heard Polycarp in his youth and wrote Against Heresies in reply to Gnosticism. He died about 202.

c. 296–298 – 2 May 373 · Alexandria (20th Pope)

Athanasius, the 20th Pope of Alexandria, was Alexander's deacon at Nicaea in 325 and bishop of Alexandria from 328 until his repose on 2 May 373. He defended the Nicene faith through several exiles.

c. 329/330 – 1 January 379 · Caesarea in Cappadocia (Archbishop)

Basil, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia from 370, defended the divinity of the Holy Spirit and organised monastic and charitable life. He reposed on 1 January 379.

c. 335/336 – probably 395 · Nyssa in Cappadocia (Bishop)

Gregory, bishop of Nyssa and brother of Basil the Great, one of the Cappadocian Fathers, attended the Council of Constantinople in 381 and wrote the Great Catechism.

c. 347 – 14 September 407 · Constantinople (Archbishop)

Born at Antioch about 347, Chrysostom was the great preacher of Antioch and then archbishop of Constantinople (consecrated 398). He died in exile on 14 September 407.

c. 459 or c. 465 – 538 (5 February per Wikipedia; 8 February per OrthodoxWiki) · Antioch (Patriarch, 512–518)

Severus, a monk and theologian from Pisidia, was patriarch of Antioch from 512 until he fled to Egypt in 518 rather than accept Chalcedon. He reposed at Sakha in 538.

5 March 1905, al-Dowir, Abu Tig, Sohag (born Edward Yousab/Yostos al-Dowiry) – 4 May 1976 · Menoufia (Coptic Orthodox Church)

Bishop of Menoufia (consecrated 1965, d. 1976), born Edward Yousab al-Dowiry, author of «A Brief History of Christianity to Our Time». He is not Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria (5th century).

5 March 1933, Heidenheim an der Brenz · Rottenburg-Stuttgart (Bishop 1989–1999); Cardinal

Walter Kasper is a German theologian and Catholic cardinal: professor at Münster and Tübingen, bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, then president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

20 March 1944, Cairo · Archdiocese/Metropolis of Hermopolis (Ermoupolis), seat at Tanta, Gharbia — Patriarchate of Alexandria

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Tanta (Hermopolis) in the Patriarchate of Alexandria, born in Cairo in 1944 and an engineer by first training. Author of an Arabic text on the doctrine of theosis (November 2008).

1945, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece (exact date not given in the sources) · Metropolis of Nafpaktos and St. Vlasios (Church of Greece)

A Greek theologian and bishop, born in 1945 in Ioannina and Metropolitan of Nafpaktos since 1995. He is known for books on Orthodox spirituality and Orthodox psychotherapy, among them Life After Death (1996).

1919, Banha (Egypt) – 8 June 2006, Cairo · Monastery of St Macarius, Wadi El Natrun

Matthew the Poor, a Coptic monk and spiritual father, revived the Monastery of St Macarius from 1969 and wrote many books on Scripture, the Fathers and the liturgy.

Samalut, Minya, Egypt (year not found) – Reported July 2022 (exact date not found) · Greek Orthodox Church in Greece (ordained through the Metropolis of Veria per Al-Dustour); earlier the Coptic Orthodox Church

An Egyptian-born priest and theological writer who served first in the Coptic Orthodox Church and then in the Greek Orthodox Church in Greece; he held a doctorate from France. His death was reported in July 2022 (Masr360).

not found in the sources – reposed; date not found in the sources · Antiochian Orthodox Church

Spiro Jabbour was a deacon, theologian and lawyer of the Antiochian Orthodox Church who wrote on the Incarnation, the Creed and the Eastern churches.