Samir Kafity

Samir Hanna Kaffity (21 September 1932 – 21 August 2015) was a Palestinian Anglican bishop.[1]

He was educated at the American University of Beirut[2] and ordained in 1959. He was parish priest to the Palestinian congregation at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem and then held further incumbencies at St Andrew's Ramallah, St Peter's, Bir Zeit,[3] and All Saints, Beirut. From 1977 he was a Lecturer at Birzeit University and then Archdeacon of Jerusalem. In 1982 he became Coadjutor Bishop of Jerusalem and two years later the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.[4] 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, Poway, in the American state of California. Kafity died at his home in San Diego, California, on 21 August 2015.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia of the Palestinian Problem Archived 2009-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ Diocesan web-site Archived 2009-08-08 at the Wayback Machine


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