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'''Michael Augustine Owen Lewis''' (born 8 June 1952)<ref name="ww">‘CYPRUS AND THE GULF, Bishop in’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U27389], accessed 4 July 2012</ref> is an English Anglican bishop. He is the [[Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf|Anglican Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf]]<ref>[http://www.paphosanglicanchurch.org.cy/news.html Inauguration Details]</ref> in the [[Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East]]. Within his diocese lie Cyprus, Iraq, and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula. |
'''Michael Augustine Owen Lewis''' (born 8 June 1952)<ref name="ww">‘CYPRUS AND THE GULF, Bishop in’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U27389], accessed 4 July 2012</ref> is an English Anglican bishop. He is the [[Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf|Anglican Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf]]<ref>[http://www.paphosanglicanchurch.org.cy/news.html Inauguration Details]</ref> in the [[Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East]]. Within his diocese lie Cyprus, Iraq, and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula including the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. |
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Lewis was educated at [[King Edward VI School, Southampton]]<ref>[http://www.burkes-peerage.net/familyhomepage.aspx?FID=0&FN=LEWISMICHAELAUGUSTINEOWEN Burke's details]</ref> and [[Merton College, Oxford]], where he read [[Oriental Studies]] (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac)<ref>[http://www.paphosanglicanchurch.org.cy/news.html Paphos Anglican Church News]</ref> taking a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1974 and [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] in 1979. He was formed for the priesthood at [[Ripon College Cuddesdon|Cuddesdon Theological College]], taking his second Oxford degree in the [[Final Honour School]] of Theology in 1977.<ref name="ww" /> |
Lewis was educated at [[King Edward VI School, Southampton]]<ref>[http://www.burkes-peerage.net/familyhomepage.aspx?FID=0&FN=LEWISMICHAELAUGUSTINEOWEN Burke's details]</ref> and [[Merton College, Oxford]], where he read [[Oriental Studies]] (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac)<ref>[http://www.paphosanglicanchurch.org.cy/news.html Paphos Anglican Church News]</ref> taking a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1974 and [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] in 1979. He was formed for the priesthood at [[Ripon College Cuddesdon|Cuddesdon Theological College]], taking his second Oxford degree in the [[Final Honour School]] of Theology in 1977.<ref name="ww" /> |
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Revision as of 08:21, 17 November 2017
Michael Lewis | |
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| Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf | |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf |
| Installed | 1 December 2007[1] |
| Predecessor | Clive Handford |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Middleton (1999–2007) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1977 (deacon) 1979 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1999 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1952 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | John & Jean (née Pope) |
| Spouse | Julia (nee Lennox) (m. 1979) |
| Children | 2 sons (one deceased); 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
Michael Augustine Owen Lewis (born 8 June 1952)[2] is an English Anglican bishop. He is the Anglican Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf[3] in the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. Within his diocese lie Cyprus, Iraq, and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula including the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Lewis was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton[4] and Merton College, Oxford, where he read Oriental Studies (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac)[5] taking a BA in 1974 and MA in 1979. He was formed for the priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College, taking his second Oxford degree in the Final Honour School of Theology in 1977.[2]
He was ordained deacon in 1977 and priest in 1979. After a curacy at Christ the King, Salfords, Surrey, in the Diocese of Southwark he became Chaplain of Thames Polytechnic the same year of his presbyterial ordination.[6] He was Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Welling, Southwark from 1984 to 1992 when he became Team Rector of Worcester South East and later Rural Dean of Worcester and Canon of Worcester Cathedral. Ordination to the Episcopate followed in 1999 when he was appointed to the Suffragan Bishopric of Middleton. In 2007 he was translated to Cyprus and the Gulf[7] On 5 June 2011, Lewis ordained the first female priest in the Middle East in Saint Christopher's Cathedral, Manama.[8]
He is a member of the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue and of the Anglican Consultative Council, and is Bishop-Visitor of the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God, Convent of the Incarnation, Fairacres, Oxford.
References
- ^ Gulf Daily News – New bishop welcomed
- ^ a b ‘CYPRUS AND THE GULF, Bishop in’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 4 July 2012
- ^ Inauguration Details
- ^ Burke's details
- ^ Paphos Anglican Church News
- ^ Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0715180886
- ^ Announcement made
- ^ de Haldevang, Alicia (6 June 2011). "First woman priest ordained". Gulf Daily News.