Michael Lewis | |
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Former Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf and former President Bishop and Primate, Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East | |
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Church | Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf |
Installed | 24 November 2007 in Nicosia |
Predecessor | Clive Handford |
Successor | Sean Semple |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Middleton (1999–2007) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1978 (deacon) 1979 (priest) |
Consecration | 1999 |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 June 1953 |
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 1953) is an Anglican bishop, born in England, who served in the Middle East. He was until 8 June 2023 the Anglican bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf[1] in the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. Within his former diocese lie Cyprus, Iraq, and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula, including the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was also president bishop and primate of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East with the title of archbishop from 17 November 2019 to 12 May 2023.