Michael Lewis (bishop)
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Michael Augustine Owen Lewis is the Anglican Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf[1].
Lewis was born on 8 June 1953.[2] He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton[3] and Merton College, Oxford, where he read Oriental Studies (specialising in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac, but not Arabic)[4] taking a BA in 1975 and MA in 1979. He then trained at Cuddesdon College, taking the Final Honour School of Theology in 1977 (though he could not take his BA a second time).[5]
He was ordained deacon in 1978 and priest in 1979. After a curacy in the Diocese of Southwark he became Chaplain at Thames Polytechnic in 1980[6]. He was Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Southwark from 1984 to 1991 when he became Team Rector of Worcester South East and later Rural Dean of Worcester and Canon of Worcester Cathedral. Elevation to the Episcopate followed in 1999 with the Suffragan Bishopric of Middleton. In 2007 he was translated to Cyprus and the Gulf[7], his appointment widely welcomed[8].
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Stephen Squires Venner |
Bishop of Middleton 1999 –2007 |
Succeeded by Mark Davies |
| Preceded by Clive Handford |
Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf 2007 – |
Succeeded by Current Incumbent |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Inauguration Details
- ^ ”Who’s Who 2007 London,A&C Black, 2006 ISBN 9780713672576
- ^ Burke's details
- ^ Paphos Anglican Church News
- ^ ‘CYPRUS AND THE GULF, Bishop of’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 24 March 2008
- ^ Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0715180886
- ^ Announcement made
- ^ MECC welcome
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