Are there any major church figures and writers from the 1st c. who I am missing from this list:
Thomas
Nicodemus
P.Clement of Rome (s. 99 AD)
Barnabas
Hermas
Polycarp (69-155)
Papias (70-163)
Bp. Dionysius the Areopagite, 1st. Bp of Athens (some pseudographical writings were ascribed to him some centuries later)
Bp. Ignatius Antiochene (35-108)
Quadratus of Athens (-129), wrote an "Apologia" to Hadrian c.124-125
Aristides of Athens ( -134)
The bishops of Antioch after Peter were Evodius (d.66 AD) and
Ignatius(lived 35-108). Not much seems written of Evodius.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evodius
Rome's popes after Peter were Linus (d.76 AD), Anacletus/Cletus (d.92),
Clement (d.99), Evaristus/Aristus (d. 107)
Clement was author of 1 Clement. Not much seems written of the authors. (See eg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Linus)
Alexandria's Patriarchs were:
Mark the Evangelist (d.68), Ananius (d.83), Avilius (d.95), Kedron (d. 106)
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Ania ... Alexandria ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Avil ... Alexandria)
Jerusalem's Patriarch after James' death in c.62-70 AD was
Simeon I (.d 107 or 117). There is confusion over which and how many bishops Jerusalem had between then and the Bar Kokhba revolt of 135 AD, since the bishops listed could have been serving concurrently in that church. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_of_Jerusalem)
The first bishop of Athens is sometimes listed as Hierotheos the Thesmothete, after whom came Dionysius the Areopagite (d. c.96), after which there was no bp until 117.
The bishop of Gaul before Ireneus was Pothinus (~87 AD - ~177 AD) (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pothinus)
I can't find a list of bishops for Damascus, except that maybe Ananius was one. He met Paul in Acts, and I wonder if he is the person who with his wife died later after Peter denounced them (although that would seem unlikely considering the place of honor Acts otherwise gives him). (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananias_of_Damascus)
For Corinth,
Saint Apollo of Ephesus AKA Apollos (mentioned in the NT) is considered the first bishop. Others sometimes considered to be 1st c. bishops are Silas, Onesiphorus, Sosthenes.
For Ephesus,
St. Timothy, Onesimus (.d c. AD 68), Gaius (d.97) are considered the first c. bishops.
In Libya,
Lucius of Cyrene is considered the first bishop. This could be
St. Luke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_of_Cyrene
For Crete,
Titus is considered the first bishop (died 96 or 107)
For Caesarea, Zaccheus (the publican in the NT) is considered the first bishop.
In Pannonia (northern Yugoslavia, west Hungary), Andronicus preached, but there are not many records.
The bishop of Malta was
Publius, who was transferred to Athens in 90 and d. 125.
For Edessa, there are apocryphal stories about
Thaddeus, King Abgar, and the Mandylion (maybe Turin shroud).
For Britain, stories about
Joseph of Arimathea are apocryphal.
For India, there are stories about
Thomas, which have some credibility, as Christianity seems planted there already in the 2nd-3rd c.
For Cyprus and Provence (France) there are stories that
Lazarus (from the NT) became a 1st c. bishop. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany). Another is that
Barnabas founded the church there.
For Galatia, Crescens is considered a 1st c. bishop in the 4th c. Apostolic Constitutions.
For Carthage, Crescens or Epenetus of Carthage could the first c. bishop.
There is so little written by or about these 1st c. figures that comes from the 1st to 2nd c. AD. But we know that they played a big role in establishing a serious religious community across the Mediterranean.