The Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem ( ar, أبرشية القدس الأنغليكانية) is the

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jurisdiction for

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, the

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

. It is a part of the

Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is a province of the Anglican Communion. The primate of the church is called President Bishop and represents the Church at the international Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings. The Centra ...

, and has diocesan offices at

St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican (Episcopal) cathedral in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, established in 1899. It became the seat of the Bishop of Jerusalem of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, having taken the title from Ch ...

. Today, Anglicans constitute a large portion of Jerusalem's Christians. The diocese has a membership of around 7,000 people, with 35 service institutions, 29 parishes, 1500 employees, 200 hospital beds, and 6,000 students.Suheil Dawani: The new Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
/ref> The bishop of the diocese was styled Bishop in Jerusalem from 1976 until 2014 and from 1841 until 1957, and since then has been styled Archbishop in Jerusalem, as he was between 1957 and 1976.

History

The Evangelical Revival and the Restoration of Israel

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providing a convincing argument for the propertied classes of

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, hoping to avert a similar fate, to rediscover their faith absolutely. Important to us (and as the name suggests) is that the

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were a missionary movement, committed to bringing everyone to the same faith – especially the

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. The restoration of the Jews to

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, in convention with

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, was therefore obvious.

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was the principal champion of the movement: self-proclaimed "an Evangelical of the Evangelicals" he set about to turn his vision of a restored and converted Israel into official government policy. Important in this is the

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(familiarly called the Jews' Society) which was a popular platform from which Shaftesbury and other enthusiasts focused their efforts. In this way the setting up of the Anglican bishopric in Jerusalem is inextricably entangled with Lord Shaftesbury's efforts towards the restoration and conversion of Israel. Jewish resettlement in Palestine and the creation of an Anglican church in Jerusalem, "if possible on Mt. Zion itself," would come hand in hand. But first was the creation of a consulate in Jerusalem, the appointed vice-consul "to afford protection of the Jews generally" in Palestine. This was achieved in March 1838. The Damascus Incident of 1840 provided interest and motive for more concrete British intervention on behalf of the Jews in

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. Under the influence of Lord Ashley (as Shaftesbury was then)

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, the Foreign Secretary, called for the Porte to facilitate the settlement of Jews from all Europe and Africa in Palestine in addition to allowing Jews living in the Turkish empire "to transmit to the Porte, through British authorities, any complaints which they might have to prefer against the Turkish authorities." The latter was granted by the

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in February 1841. Equality of treatment to Jewish subjects was guaranteed in April. In all this, it must be said, is also the genuine policy of the British government to prop up the ailing Ottomans, the favourable state (if not Britain) to control the Middle Eastern gateway to India and the Far East. And admitting Jews to Palestine with "the wealth they would bring with them would increase the resources of the Sultan's dominions."

Creation of the Anglican Bishopric of Jerusalem

Meanwhile, the political landscape in England was exciting to the introduction of a Anglican bishopric in Jerusalem – the preoccupation of the Jews' Society since its inception. The bishopric had the support of the Protestant king Frederick William of Prussia: his envoy appointed to England, specifically to aid Lord Ashley in the project. Their joint efforts fell mainly to overcoming opposition from Anglo-Catholic groups in England, under the

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, which was trying to reconcile the English Church with

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. Michael Alexander, a converted Jew and professor of Hebrew and Arabic at King's College, is chosen by Palmerston (on the advice of Ashley) to be the first 'Bishop in Jerusalem.' The

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creating the Bishopric of Jerusalem was passed by parliament and received royal assent on 5 October 1841. For the time being the diocese would be run in joint effort with the united

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which rejected the idea of

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, held by Anglicans. Much like the general failure of the Jews' Society to bring about any considerable mass conversion of the Jews, the initial impact the diocese was disappointing.

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on visiting Bishop Alexander's church in Jerusalem found a total congregation of eight converted Jews and one or two tourists.

Nineteenth century

In 1849,

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near

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became the first Anglican/Lutheran church in the city, and in 1871 Christ Church in Nazareth was consecrated. The Anglo-Prussian Union ceased to function in 1881, and no bishop was appointed between 1881 and 1887, and from 1887, the missionary effort continued solely under Anglican auspices. In 1888,

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established the

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which was instrumental in raising funds for projects and missions throughout the Middle East. Saint George's Cathedral was built in 1898 in Jerusalem as a central focus for the diocese.

Twentieth century

Although the diocese began as a foreign missionary organisation, it quickly established itself as part of the Palestinian community. In 1905, the Palestine Native Church Council was established to give local Arabs more say in the running of the church. This led to an increase in the number of Arab clergy serving the diocese. In 1920, the Diocese of Egypt and the Sudan was formed, separate from the Diocese of Jerusalem, with Llewelyn Gwynne as its first bishop. In the 1920s the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem founded St. George's College as a training seminary for local clergy. In 1957, the Bishop in Jerusalem was elevated to the rank of an

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, albeit under the primatial authority of the

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. The Archbishop of Jerusalem had metropolitan oversight of the entire area of the current province with the addition of the Sudan (five dioceses in all). In that same year,

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was consecrated Bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the first Arab bishop, assistant to the Archbishop of Jerusalem. During the 1950s, political unrest in Egypt left the diocese in the care of four Egyptian clergy under the oversight of the Archbishop of Jerusalem. In 1976, the structure of the Anglican church in the region was overhauled, with the Diocese of Jerusalem becoming an ordinary bishopric, and one of four dioceses forming the Province of the

. The Archbishop of Canterbury ceased to have metropolitan authority over the diocese, which came to be held by a rotating Presiding Bishop of the Province and the Central Synod, comprising the four dioceses. When a bishop reaches the age of 68, a coadjutor bishop is required to be elected to work alongside the bishop for two years, before the bishop's retirement at age 70. Also in 1976,

Faik Haddad Faik Ibrahim Haddad ( ā'iq Ḥaddād b. 28 December 1914 Tulkarm; d. 23 January 2001 Amman) was the 11th bishop of Jerusalem, he was the first bishop of Arabic descent to head the diocese. He was also a Chaplain of the Order of Saint John. ...

became the first Palestinian Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.

Diocese of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

In July 1957, the Diocese of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria was carved out of the existing Diocese of Jerusalem. Its only bishop (the area's first Arab bishop) was

; the diocese was reabsorbed upon the provincial reorganisation of 1976.

Bishops and Archbishops

From 1957 to 1976 the ordinary held the rank and title of Archbishop of Jerusalem. In 1976 the new province of Jerusalem and the Middle East was created, with four dioceses, and a Presiding Bishop elected from amongst them, but the Bishop of the Diocese of Jerusalem also bore the title Bishop in Jerusalem as a representative in the

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of the Anglican Communion. In 2014 the synod debated this international representative role, and determined that it was sufficiently important to restore the status of an archbishopric, with the bishop to be re-styled Archbishop in Jerusalem. The Anglican Communion office subsequently re-titled the Bishop of Jerusalem in its directory as Archbishop in Jerusalem. This is a non-metropolitan archbishopric, although the holder is eligible (with the other diocesan bishops of the province) to be elected as metropolitan.

Current archbishop

The current, fifteenth, bishop of the diocese and Archbishop in Jerusalem is

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, who was previously Dean of St George's Cathedral, and on 14 June 2020 was consecrated a bishop, to serve as coadjutor Bishop of Jerusalem, to succeed Dawani as Archbishop in Jerusalem automatically upon his retirement in 2021.

List of Anglican Bishops in Jerusalem

Bishop in Jerusalem (under the joint auspices of the

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and the

): *1841–1845: Michael Alexander.

dedicated in 1849. *1846–1879:

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. He opened 42 schools and ordained the first two Palestinian priests at

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*1879–1881:

Joseph Barclay Joseph Barclay (1831–1881) was Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem. Early life Barclay was born near Strabane in county Tyrone, Ireland, his family being of Scottish extraction. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and proceeded B.A. in 1854 ...

*1881–1887: ''vacant'' Bishop in Jerusalem (under sole Anglican auspices): *1887–1914:

. Established the Palestine Native Church Council in 1905 and the

**1908–1914:

Llewellyn Gwynne Llewellyn Henry Gwynne (11 June 18639 December 1957) was a Welsh Anglican bishop and missionary. He was the first Anglican Bishop of Egypt and Sudan, serving from 1920 to 1946. Early life Llewellyn Henry Gwynne was born in Britain on 11 June ...

, the sole Bishop suffragan of Khartoum (later the first Bishop of Egypt and the Sudan) *1914–1931:

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*1932–1942: Francis Graham Brown *1943–1957:

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Archbishop in Jerusalem: *1957–1969:

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*1969–1974:

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*1974–1976:

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served as vicar general. The province/diocese were substantially reorganised during Stopford's time. Bishop in Jerusalem: *1976–1984: Faik Ibrahim Haddad, the first Palestinian Arab bishop. (Consecrated by Stopford, 29 August 1974, at St George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, to be coadjutor-bishop.) *1984–1997:

Samir Kafity Samir Hanna Kaffity (21 September 1932 – 21 August 2015) was a Palestinian Anglican bishop. He was educated at the American University of Beirut and ordained in 1959. He was parish priest to the Palestinian congregation at St. George's Cathed ...

, the second Palestinian Arab bishop. He served two five-year terms as the Provincial President-Bishop and Primate. *1997–2007:

Riah Abu El-Assal Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal ( ar, رياح حنا أبو العسل, , he, ריאח אבו אלעסל; born 6 November 1937 in Nazareth) is an Israeli Palestinian Anglican bishop, who was the Bishop in Jerusalem from 1997 to 2007. History Abu ...

*2007–2014: Suheil Dawani (previously

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since 2006) Archbishop in Jerusalem: *2014–2021: Suheil Dawani *2021–present:

Controversies

The fourteenth bishop of the diocese was Suheil Dawani who was enthroned at St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem on April 15, 2007, having previously been coadjutor bishop. He was Archbishop in Jerusalem from the restoration of the archbishopric in 2014. In August 2010, Israel declined to renew the residency permits for Dawani and his family, claiming the bishop had been engaged in fraudulent land deals on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, an allegation strenuously denied by the bishop and the diocese. After legal proceedings were commenced, and following pressure from a number of Christian churches and leaders, the permits were renewed on 26 September 2011. The thirteenth bishop of the diocese was

, who retired on March 31, 2007 at the prescribed retirement age of 70 years. The Diocese of Jerusalem was forced to take legal action against Riah following his retirement, over the ownership of the Bishop Riah Educational Campus, a school established by him when he was bishop.Court ruling favors Jerusalem diocese, not former bishop, in dispute over school's ownership, Episcopal News Service

Congregations

The parish churches of the diocese include: *

* St Paul's Church, Jerusalem *

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, Jordan * Theodore Schneller Chapel,

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

, Jordan * Saviour Church,

Zarka Zarqa ( ar, الزرقاء) is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the most populous city in Jordan after Amman. Geography Zarqa is located in t ...

, Jordan * The

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Episcopal Church,

Irbid Irbid ( ar, إِربِد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela (Άρβηλα in Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek), is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in ...

, Jordan * St Luke's Church, Marka, Jordan * The Church of the Good Shepherd,

Salt, Jordan Al-Salt ( ar, السلط ''As-Salt'') is an ancient salt trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, about 790–1,100 metres ...

* St John the Baptist Church,

Husn Al Husun ( ar, الحصن, also Romanized as Al Husn, Hisn and Husn) is a town in northern Jordan, located north of Amman, and about south of Irbid. It has a population of 35,085. The region has fertile soil which along with the moderate cl ...

, Jordan * Sts Peter & Paul Church,

Aqaba Aqaba (, also ; ar, العقبة, al-ʿAqaba, al-ʿAgaba, ) is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative centre of the Aqaba Govern ...

, Jordan * St Andrew's Church,

Ramallah Ramallah ( , ; ar, رام الله, , God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that serves as the ''de facto'' administrative capital of the State of Palestine. It is situated on the Judaean Mountains, north of Jerusale ...

, Palestine * St Peter's Church,

Birzeit Birzeit ( ar, بيرزيت), also Bir Zeit, is a Palestinian Christian town north of Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Its population in the 2007 census was 4,529. Birzeit is the home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery. Location ...

, Palestine * Good Shepherd Church, Rafidia, Palestine * St Philip's Church,

Nablus Nablus ( ; ar, نابلس, Nābulus ; he, שכם, Šəḵem, ISO 259-3: ; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: ; el, Νεάπολις, Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a populati ...

, Palestine * St Matthew's Church,

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, Palestine * St Philip's Chapel,

Gaza City Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...

, Palestine * St Paul's Church,

Shefa-'Amr Shefa-Amr, also Shfar'am ( ar, شفاعمرو, Šafāʻamr, he, שְׁפַרְעָם, Šəfarʻam) is an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of , with a Sunni Muslim majority and large Christian Arab and Druz ...

, Israel * Church of the Holy Family,

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, Israel * Emmanuel Church,

Ramleh Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations. The city was f ...

, Israel * St John's & St Luke's Church,

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, Israel *

, Israel * Saviour Church, Kufr Yasif, Israel * All Saints' Episcopal Church,

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, Syria * All Saints' Episcopal Church,

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, Lebanon

References

External links

History of the Episcopal/Anglican Church in the Holy LandOfficial website
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