What are the names of all the 70 Apostles?

By CopticBot.ai (Coptic Space Inc.) · Last reviewed 2026-10-10

The exact list of the Seventy Apostles is preserved in Church Tradition and through the writings of the Fathers and historians such as Eusebius and St. Hippolytus of Rome. While some names differ slightly across regional traditions, the list widely accepted within the Coptic Orthodox and broader Eastern traditions includes:

1. James the Just (the Brother of the Lord, first Bishop of Jerusalem)
2. Mark the Evangelist (established the Church in Egypt; our first Patriarch)
3. Luke the Evangelist (author of the Gospel and Acts)
4. Matthias (later chosen to replace Judas among the Twelve)
5. Cleopas
6. Simeon (son of Cleopas, second Bishop of Jerusalem)
7. Barnabas (a Levite from Cyprus, companion of St. Paul)
8. Justus (also known as Joseph or Barsabas)
9. Thaddeus (who preached in Edessa)
10. Ananias (who baptized St. Paul in Damascus)
11. Stephen the Protomartyr (one of the first seven deacons)
12. Philip the Evangelist (one of the first seven deacons)
13. Prochorus (deacon)
14. Nicanor (deacon)
15. Timon (deacon)
16. Parmenas (deacon)
17. Nicholas (deacon)
18. Timothy (disciple of St. Paul and Bishop of Ephesus)
19. Titus (Bishop of Crete)
20. Philemon (Bishop of Gaza)
21. Onesimus (of the Epistle to Philemon)
22. Epaphras
23. Archippus
24. Silas (companion of St. Paul)
25. Silvanus
26. Crescens
27. Crispus (Bishop of Chalcedon)
28. Epaenetus
29. Andronicus
30. Stachys (first Bishop of Byzantium/Constantinople)
31. Amplias
32. Urban
33. Narcissus
34. Apelles
35. Aristobulus (preached in Britain/brother of Barnabas)
36. Herodian
37. Agabus (the prophet)
38. Rufus
39. Asyncritus
40. Phlegon
41. Hermas
42. Patrobas
43. Hermes
44. Linus (first Bishop of Rome)
45. Gaius
46. Philologus
47. Olympas
48. Rhodion
49. Lucius of Cyrene
50. Manaen
51. Jason
52. Sosipater
53. Olympas
54. Tertius (who wrote down the Epistle to the Romans)
55. Erastus
56. Quartus
57. Euodias (first Bishop of Antioch)
58. Onesiphorus
59. Clement (Bishop of Rome)
60. Sosthenes (Bishop of Caesarea)
61. Apollos (Bishop of Caesarea)
62. Tychicus (Bishop of Chalcedon or Caesarea)
63. Epaphroditus
64. Carpus
65. Quadratus
66. John Mark (often identified as separate from Mark the Evangelist in some lists)
67. Zenas the Lawyer
68. Aristarchus (Bishop of Apamea)
69. Pudens
70. Trophimus

It is important to remember that these men are described as the "foundations of the Church." While many of them are mentioned in the Epistles of St. Paul as "fellow laborers," their names are recorded in the Book of Life. Many became the first bishops of major cities, carrying the light of the Gospel to the ends of the earth.