The Most Revd Suheil Dawani
Fourteenth Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem
The Most Revd Bishop Suheil Salman Dawani was consecrated as Bishop
Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem in January 2006, and he was
installed as Diocesan and the 14 th Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem on April 15,
2007.
He was born in Nablus, West Bank in 1951 and is married to Shafeeqa Fu'ad
Massad; they have three daughters, Sama, Tala, and Luban.
After his ordination to the
priesthood in 1977, he criss-
crossed the Middle East served at
St. Andrew’s parish in Ramallah
and St. Peter’s, Bir Zeit, in the
West Bank. In 1985, he went with
his family to the USA where he
earned his M.A. and completed
eighty percent the Doctor of
Ministry program at Virginia
Theological Seminary before
being recalled to the Diocese. In
1987, he was assigned as priest
in charge of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Haifa, Israel.
In 2004 he returned for the third time to St. Andrew’s, Ramallah, where he
remained until his installation as Diocesan Bishop on April 15, 2007, the same
year he was granted his Doctor of Divinity from Virginia Seminary.
As Diocesan Bishop, Archbishop Dawani is the Chief Pastor of the 27
parishes spread through the five political regions of Israel, Palestine, Jordan,
Syria, and Lebanon.
A strong advocate for peace and reconciliation, Archbishop Dawani is a
significant member of many ecumenical and interfaith organizations, he works
with the Archbishop of Canterbury on Anglican and interfaith issues.
Archives of the Scottish Episcopal
Institute Newsletter are now available
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