Najib Cuba'in

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Najib Atallah Cuba'in (also Qub'ain , Arabic نجيب قبعين) was the Anglican Bishop of Jordan (including the West Bank ), Lebanon, and Syria from 1958 to 1976 . He was the Anglican Communion's first Arab bishop .

Cuba'in in 1957 to head the newly created diocese appointed and on 6 January the following year as bishop ordained . Up until that point, all Anglican believers in the Middle East were subordinate to the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem . As a result of the Middle East conflict and the partition of Jerusalem , however, the Anglican Christians had split into a Zionist and an Arab camp. Thereupon the British Angus Campbell MacInnes was appointed Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem and Najib Cuba'in (formally subordinate to him) Bishop of the Arab regions. Both bishops resided at the St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem , because the Arab Christians rejected the use of the Christ Church because it was administered by the Church's Ministry among Jewish People . Formally, Bishop Cuba'in had no jurisdiction over the city, but in fact he was also responsible for the Arab East Jerusalem .

In the early 1960s he was one of four Anglican observers at the Second Vatican Council .

During his tenure, he took a clear political stance and spoke out for the Arab cause in Palestine and against Israel. After the Six Day War in 1967 he was one of the signatories of a declaration, along with many other religious and secular dignitaries, calling on the population to resist the Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem.

After 18 years as bishop, Cuba'in resigned on January 6, 1976. With his resignation, the dioceses of Jerusalem and Jordan were reunited, with Jerusalem (which had been administered by a vicar general for two years ) losing its arch status. The new bishop was the Palestinian Faik Ibrahim Haddad . At the same time, the autonomous Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East was created, to which, in addition to Jerusalem, the dioceses of Egypt, Iran and Cyprus, including the Gulf region, belong.

Najib Cuba'in spent his retirement in Amman .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diocese website: History of the Diocese and Anglican Bishops in Jerusalem
  2. ↑ Hanna Kildani: Modern Christianity in the Holy Land: Development of the Structure of Churches and the Growth of Christian Institutions in Jordan and Palestine , AuthorHouse, 2010, p. 586
  3. ^ Anthony O'Mahony: The Christian Communities of Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Studies in History, Religion and Politics , University of Wales Press, 2003, p. 166
  4. ↑ Great Britain only recognized the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, but not of East Jerusalem.
  5. ^ Bernard C. Pawley: Observing Vatican II , Cambridge University Press, 2014, p. 34
  6. ↑ The Living Church , Volume 157, Morehouse-Gorham, 1968, p. 38 ( "He is an outspoken supporter of the Arab cause against Israel." )
  7. ^ The North American NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine , 1984, p. 138 ( Statement by West Bank leaders in the Muhafazas of Jerusalem, Nablus and Hebron )
  8. ↑ Samir J. Habiby, Episcopal News Service: Middle East Central Synod Inaugurated, Bishops Installed , Jan. 6, 1976
personal data
SURNAME Cuba'in, Najib
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cuba'in, Najib Atallah (full name); Qub'ain, Najib; نجيب قبعين (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglican Bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century