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The Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem (Arabic: أبرشية القدس الأنغليكانية) is the Anglican jurisdiction for Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.It is a part of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and has diocesan offices at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem.
St George's Cathedral, 1930s. St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican 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 Christ Church, Jerusalem, built 50 years before.
Christ Church was the seat of the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem until the opening of St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem in 1899. Prior to the outbreak of the First World War , the Christ Church compound was also the site of the British Consulate. [ 7 ]
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 Central Synod of the church is its deliberative and legislative organ. The province consists of three dioceses:
Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem (1841–present), the diocese of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem; see Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem; Melkite Greek Catholic Church (1724–present), whose bishops carry the title of Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Israel: [1] St. Elijah Cathedral in Haifa (Melkite Greek Rite) Cathedral of St. Louis the King in Haifa (Maronite Rite) Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Jerusalem's Old City ; Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin in Jerusalem (Melkite Greek Rite)
Hosam Naoum (Arabic: حسام نعوم; born 1974 [1]) is a Palestinian Anglican bishop. [2] Since 2021, he has been Archbishop in Jerusalem for the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and since 2023 he has been president bishop and primate of the province. [3] [4] [5]
Weston Stewart. Weston Henry Stewart CBE (15 March 1887 – 30 July 1969) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Archdeacon for Palestine, Syria and Trans-Jordan between 1926 and 1943 and then Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem until 1957.