The Doctors of the Church

St. Thomas Aquinas

Doctor of the Church (Latin doctor, teacher, from Latin docere, to teach) is a title given by a variety of Christian churches to individuals whom they recognize as having been of particular importance, particularly regarding their contribution to theology or doctrine.

Name	Year of Birth	Died	Promoted	Nationality	Post
St. Gregory the Great	540 (ca.)	March 12, 604	1298	Italian	Pope
St. Ambrose	340 (ca.)	April 4, 397	1298	German	Bishop of Milan
St. Augustine, Doctor Gratiae	354	August 28, 430	1298	North African(Ethnic Latin)	Bishop of Hippo
St. Jerome	347 (ca.)	September 30, 420	1298	Dalmatian	Priest, monk
St. John Chrysostom	347	407	1568	Syrian (EthnicGreek)	Archbishop of Constantinople
St. Basil	330	January 1, 379	1568	Cappadocian(Ethnic Greek)	Bishop of Caesarea
St. Gregory Nazianzus	329	January 25, 389	1568	Cappadocian(Ethnic Greek)	Archbishop of Constantinople
St. Athanasius	298	May 2, 373	1568	Egyptian	Patriarch of Alexandria
St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis	1225	March 7, 1274	1568	Italian	Priest, Theologian, O.P.
St. Bonaventure, Doctor Seraphicus	1221	July 15, 1274	1588	Italian	Cardinal Bishop of Albano, Theologian, Minister General, O.F.M.
St. Anselm, Doctor Magnificus	1033 or 1034	April 21, 1109	1720	Italian	Archbishop of Canterbury, O.S.B.
St. Isidore	560	April 4, 636	1722	Spanish	Bishop of Seville
St. Peter Chrysologus	406	450	1729	Italian	Bishop of Ravenna
St. Leo the Great	400	November 10, 461	1754	Italian	Pope
St. Peter Damian	1007	February 21/22,1072	1828	Italian	Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, monk, O.S.B.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor Mellifluus	1090	August 21, 1153	1830	French	Priest, O.Cist.
St. Hilary of Poitiers	300	367	1851	French	Bishop of Poitiers
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor Zelantissimus	1696	August 1, 1787	1871	Italian	Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti, C.Ss.R. (Founder)
St. Francis de Sales	1567	December 28, 1622	1877	French	Bishop of Geneva
St. Cyril of Alexandria, Doctor Incarnationis*	376	June 27, 444	1883	Egyptian	Patriarch of Alexandria
St. Cyril of Jerusalem	315	386	1883	Jerusalemite	Bishop of Jerusalem
St. John Damascene	676	December 5, 749	1883	Syrian	Priest, monk
St. Bede the Venerable	672	May 27, 735	1899	English	Priest, monk
St. Ephrem	306	373	1920	Syrian	Deacon
St. Peter Canisius	1521	December 21, 1597	1925	Dutch	Priest, S.J.
St. John of the Cross, Doctor Mysticus	1542	December 14, 1591	1926	Spanish	Priest, mystic, O.C.D. (Founder)
St. Robert Bellarmine	1542	September 17, 1621	1931	Italian	Archbishop of Capua, Theologian, S.J.
St. Albertus Magnus, Doctor Universalis	1193	November 15, 1280	1931	German	Bishop, Theologian, O.P.
St. Anthony of Padua and Lisbon,Doctor Evangelicus	1195	June 13, 1231	1946	Portuguese	Priest, O.F.M.
St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor Apostolicus	1559	July 22, 1619	1959	Italian	Priest, Diplomat, O.F.M. Cap.
St. Teresa of Ávila	1515	October 4, 1582	1970	Spanish	Mystic, O.C.D. (Founder)
St. Catherine of Siena	1347	April 29, 1380	1970	Italian	Mystic, O.P. (Consecrated virgin)
St. Thérèse de Lisieux, Doctor Amoris	1873	September 30, 1897	1997	French	O.C.D. (Nun)