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Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East

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The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is one of the geographically largest and most diverse Anglican church provinces, stretching from Iran in the East to Morocco in the West and Cyprus in the North to Ethiopia in the South.

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Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf

Diocesal Seat : St Paul's Cathedral, Nicosia, Cyprus

Bishop: George Clive Handford

Diocese of Egypt, Northern Africa, Sudan and Horn of Africa

Diocesal Seat: All Saints Cathedral, Cairo, Egypt

President Bishop: Ghais Abdel Malik

80% of the communicants of this diocese are refugees, owing to the civil war in Sudan.

Diocese of Iran

Diocesal Seat : Isfahan, Iran

Bishop: Iraj Mottahdeh

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Diocese of Jerusalem

Seat: Cathedral Church of St George the Martyr, Jerusalem

Bishop: Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal

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