Samir Hanna Kaffity (21 September 1932 – 21 August 2015) was a Palestinian Anglican

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. He was educated at the American University of Beirut and ordained in 1959. He was

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to the

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

congregation at

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and then held further incumbencies at St Andrew's Ramallah, St Peter's,

Bir Zeit 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. Locatio ...

, then All Saints,

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. From 1977 he was a Lecturer at

Birzeit University Birzeit University (BZU; ar, جامعة بيرزيت) is a public university in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as charitable organization. It is accredited by the Ministry of Hi ...

and then

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. In 1982 he became

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and two years later the

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.Diocesan web-site
Between 1984 and 1997, Kaffity was the second Palestinian Arab bishop. He served two five-year terms as the Provincial President-Bishop and Primate. Since 1999, he had been Bishop-in-Residence at St Bartholomew's Episcopal Church,

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, in the American state of

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. Kafity died at his home in

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, California, on 21 August 2015.

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1932 births 2015 deaths American University of Beirut alumni Academic staff of Birzeit University Archdeacons of Jerusalem Anglican bishops of Jerusalem Palestinian Anglicans 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Middle East 20th-century Anglican archbishops {{Palestine-reli-bio-stub

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