Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf

Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf
Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf
Location
Country	Cyprus, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Yemen
Ecclesiastical province	Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
Statistics
Congregations	23
Information
Denomination	Anglicanism
Cathedral	St. Paul's Cathedral, Nicosia; St. Christopher's Cathedral, Bahrain
Current leadership
Bishop	Sean Semple
Map
	; Diocese of Jerusalem Diocese of Cyprus and the Persian Gulf Diocese of Iran
Website
	www.cypgulf.org

The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf is one of three dioceses in the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, a province in the Anglican Communion. It covers Cyprus and the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Yemen. The bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf^[1] is the Ordinary of the diocese. In every part of the diocese, except in Cyprus and Iraq, the congregations are largely expatriate, with many Christians from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the African continent. The diocese is linked with the Diocese of Exeter in England and the Diocese of Thika in Kenya. The diocese is divided into the Archdeaconry of Cyprus and the Archdeaconry of the Gulf: Christopher Futcher was collated archdeacon in Cyprus on 7 September 2019.^[2] The Rev'd Canon Dr. Michael Mbona, a Zimbabwean serving at St. Paul's in Kuwait, was appointed as Archdeacon for the Gulf, following the retirement of long-serving Archdeacon Bill Schwartz, OBE.

List of bishops in Cyprus and the Persian Gulf

(Any dates appearing in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)

Tenure	Name	Notes
1976 to 1981	Leonard Ashton	Inaugural bishop; died 2001
1981 to 1986	Henry Wylie Moore	General secretary, Church Missionary Society, 1986–89, retired as bishop in 1991
1986 to 1996	John Brown	Briefly rural dean of Grimsby (2003 to 2004); died 2011
1997 to 2007	Clive Handford	Now an assistant bishop, Diocese of Ripon and Leeds
2007 to 2023	Michael Lewis	Formerly bishop of Middleton
2024 to present	Sean Semple

Churches

Gulf Churches^[3]

United Arab Emirates

Christ Church, Jebel Ali
Holy Trinity Church, Dubai
St Luke Church, Ras Al Khaimah
St Martin Church, Sharjah
St Nicholas' Church, Fujairah
St Andrew Church, Abu Dhabi
St Thomas Church, Al Ain

Kuwait

St Paul Church – Kuwait

Qatar

Church of the Epiphany, Doha – Qatar

Bahrain

St Christopher's and Awali Church, Bahrain

Yemen

Christ Church, Aden, Yemen

Cyprus^[4]

St. Barnabas church, Limassol
St Helena Church, Larnaca
St Lazarus Church, Pissouri
St Paul's Cathedral, Nicosia
St Andrew's Church Kyrenia
Christ Church Ayia Napa
St Mark Church, Famagusta
Anglican Church of Paphos

References

^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (97th ed. London: Church House Publishing, 2001), p. 1144, column a: 'Cyprus and the Gulf (Bishop in) [emphasis in original].
^ "New Cyprus archdeacon announced, and new social concern coordinator". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "The Gulf Churches – Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf". Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Cyprus Churches – Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf". Retrieved 29 December 2022.

Sources

Who's Who 2008 London, A&C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

External links

[1] Crockford's Clerical Directory (97th ed. London: Church House Publishing, 2001), p. 1144, column a: 'Cyprus and the Gulf (Bishop in) [emphasis in original].

[2] "New Cyprus archdeacon announced, and new social concern coordinator". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[3] "The Gulf Churches – Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf". Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[4] "Cyprus Churches – Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf". Retrieved 29 December 2022.

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