Samir Kafity

The Rt Rev Samir Hanna Kaffity (born 21 September 1933) was an Anglican Bishop^[1] in the last quarter of the 20th century. He was 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 the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.^[4] Between 1984 and 1998, Bishop Kaffity was the second Palestinian Arab bishop. He served two five-year terms as the Provincial President-Bishop and Primate.

Since 1998 he has been Bishop-in-Residence at St Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Poway. Bishop Kafity died at his home in San Diego, California on August 21, 2015.

See also

• Palestinian Christians

Notes

1. Encyclopaedia of the Palestinian Problem
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