The Rt Rev Samir Hanna Kaffity is a former Anglican Bishop[1] in the last quarter of the twentieth century. He was born on 21 September 1933 and educated at the American University of Beirut [2] and ordained in 1958.
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] then 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 its Diocesan.[4] Since 1998 he has been Bishop-in-Residence at St Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Poway.
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| Preceded by Robert Stopford |
Bishop of Jerusalem 1984 – 1998 |
Succeeded by Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal |
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