Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East

Diocese of Jerusalem

Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Region

Diocese of Egypt

Diocese of Iran

The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East ( English Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East ) is a member church of the Anglican Communion . Its territory extends over Israel , Palestine , Iraq , Iran , Cyprus , Egypt , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya , Ethiopia , Somalia , Eritrea , Djibouti , Bahrain , Qatar , Yemen , Oman , United Arab Emirates and Kuwait . It has been independent since 1975 and owns four dioceses .

The origins go back to 1841 when the Anglican Church of England and the Evangelical Church in Prussia founded a joint diocese of Jerusalem . This became purely Anglican in 1887 .

The province includes 4 dioceses in 23 countries:

diocese	Country	bishop
Egypt ( seat: Cairo )	Egypt Algeria Ethiopia Djibouti Eritrea Libya Somalia Tunisia	Mouneer Hanna Anis
Iran ( seat: Isfahan )	Iran	Azad Marshall
Jerusalem	Israel Palestine Jordan Lebanon Syria	Suheil Dawani ( List of Bishops )
Cyprus and the Gulf region ( seat: Nicosia )	Cyprus Bahrain Iraq Yemen Qatar Kuwait Oman United Arab Emirates	Michael Lewis

primate

• Hassan Dehqani-Tafti (1976-1986)
• Samir Kafity (1986-1997)
• Ghais Abdel Malik (1997-2000)
• Iraj Mottahedeh (2000-2002)
• Clive Hendford (2002-2007)
• Mouneer Hanna Anis (2007-today)

Web links

• Appearance on the website of the Anglican Communion
• Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
• Diocese of Egypt
• Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf
• Diocese of Iran