caption ordained writings birth_place other_names title birth_date image article_title education name church
kallistos oakland , california ware speaking at ascension greek orthodox cathedral of 1966 bishop of diokleia -rrb- -lrb- priest and monk -rrb- , 1982 -lrb- '' 0-14-014656-3 -rrb- , '' the orthodox way '' -lrb- 1979 the , isbn 0-264-66578-3 -rrb- , et al. . orthodox church '' -lrb- 1993 , isbn bath , somerset , england timothy metropolitan of diokleia 11 september 1934 kallistos ware , oakland , ca , 2008.jpg kallistos ware
 westminster school ; magdalen college , oxford metropolitan kallistos ware eastern britain orthodox church , archdiocese of thyateira and great
kallistos ware

kallistos ware -lrb- born timothy ware on 11 september 1934 -rrb- is an english bishop within the eastern orthodox church under the ecumenical patriarchate of constantinople and one of the best-known contemporary eastern orthodox theologians .
from 1982 he has held the titular bishopric of diokleia .
in 2007 the bishopric was made a titular metropolitan bishopric .
from 1966 to 2001 , ware was spalding lecturer of eastern orthodox studies at the university of oxford .
he has authored numerous books and articles pertaining to the orthodox christian faith .
