Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
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The Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem is the bishop of the Anglican diocese based at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, which is a part of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and The Middle East.
The post was created in 1841 when the Anglicans and the German Lutherans of Prussia agreed to have a Protestant bishop who would, alternately, be appointed by each community. This arrangement ended in 1887, and the Anglicans built St. Georges Cathedral as the seat of their bishop in 1898.
The first bishop was Michael Solomon Alexander, a rabbi who converted to Christianity. He was appointed in 1841 and began to build Christ Church, Jaffa Gate, opposite the Citadel, in 1842.
Between 1957 and 1976, the bishop in Jerusalem had the rank of an archbishop, responsible for both the present province and the Anglican Church in Sudan, but since 1976 it has been one of four dioceses within the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East, which is governed by a President Bishop chosen from among its four bishops. The present diocese of Jerusalem covers Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
Today the church has around 2000 members. The current bishop is the Rt. Rev Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal.
[edit] See also
- Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem
- Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and The Middle East
- Theodore Edward Dowling
[edit] References
- Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 2 (2001). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 90-04-11695-8
- Hoppe, Leslie J. (1999). A Guide to the Lands of the Bible. Liturgical Press. ISBN 0-8146-5886-5
