Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf

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Coat of arms of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf

The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf (Engl. Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf ) is one of four dioceses of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East . It comprises two geographically separated regions: the island of Cyprus and the states of the Arabian Peninsula (with most of the communities on the Persian Gulf ). The bishopric is St Paul's Cathedral in Nicosia ; there is also the co-cathedral of St Christopher in Bahrain . The language of worship is mostly English.

A special feature is that almost all of the believers are foreigners: British emigrants in Cyprus and expatriates or labor migrants from South and Southeast Asia and Africa in the Gulf States. Only in Baghdad is there a small indigenous community whose future is uncertain.

The diocese was created in 1976. Until then, most of the Arabian Peninsula was subordinate to the bishop in Lahore .

There is a collaboration with the dioceses of Exeter in England and Thika in Kenya .

List of Anglican bishops in Cyprus and the Gulf

bishop from to Remarks
Leonard Ashton 1976 1983 previously Assistant Bishop of Jerusalem
Henry Moore 1983 1986
John Brown 1987 1995
Clive Handford 1996 2007 previously Bishop of Warwick
Michael Lewis 2007 previously Bishop of Middleton

Outline and Associated Churches

Most of the church buildings are also used by other Christian religious communities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Anglican Communion , Wiley & Sons, 2013, entry The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf