Faik Haddad
{{short description|Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Rt Reverend
| name = Faik Ibrahim Haddad
| title = Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem
| image = Rt. Rev. Bishop Faik Ibrahim Haddad, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.jpg
| church = Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
| diocese = Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem
| term = 1976-1984
| predecessor = Robert Stopford
| successor = Samir Kafity
| other_post =
| ordination = 1940
| ordained_by = Bishop Francis Brown
| consecration = 29 August 1974
| consecrated_by = Robert Stopford
| birth_date = 28 December 1914
| birth_place = Tulkarm Palestine
| death_date = 23 January 2001
| death_place = Amman
| previous_post = Canon Residentiary
St George's Cathedral
Jerusalem
}}
Faik Ibrahim Haddad[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=TN19770929.1.10&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 Tustin News, Volume 58, Number 46, 29 September 1977] ({{lang|ar|فائق حداد}} [Fā'iq Ḥaddād], b. 28 December 1914 Tulkarm; d. 23 January 2001 Amman) was the 11th Anglican bishop of Jerusalem,{{Cite web|title= Anglican Bishops in Jerusalem|url= https://j-diocese.org/wordpress/anglican-bishops/|access-date= 5 March 2022|website= Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem|date= 8 September 2020|language= en|archive-date= 5 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220305214953/https://j-diocese.org/wordpress/anglican-bishops/|url-status=live}} he was the first bishop[https://www.jmeca.org.uk/christianity-middle-east/anglican-episcopal-church/jerusalem/brief-history-diocese-jerusalem JEMCA]'Palestinian Christians and the Old Testament: History, Hermeneutics, and Ideology' Stalder, W p181: Minneapolis, Fortress Press; 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-4514-8214-0}} of Arab descent[https://www.caspari.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MR-1979-sel-61.pdf Caspari] to head the diocese.[https://j-diocese.org/index.php?lang=en&page=1296659988562 Diocesan web-site] He was also a Chaplain of the Order of Saint John.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47369/page/13902/data.pdf The London Gazette]
Background and education
Haddad was born in Tulkarm city on 28 December 1914 into a Palestinian family that had been active in Anglican life in the area.{{Cite web
|title= Middle East Central Synod Inaugurated, Bishops Installed
|url=https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=76002
|date= 6 January 1976
|access-date=14 January 2021
|website=Episcopalarchives
|language=English
|archive-date= 29 November 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129153722/https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=76002
|url-status=live}} He grew up in Tulkarm city, and was educated in his city schools, then he was educated at St. George's School, Jerusalem and the American University of Beirut.{{Cite journal |last=Frantzman |first=Seth J. |last2=Glueckstadt |first2=Benjamin W. |last3=Kark |first3=Ruth |date=2011 |title=The Anglican Church in Palestine and Israel: Colonialism, Arabization and Land Ownership |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27920343 |journal=Middle Eastern Studies |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=101–126 |issn=0026-3206}}
Early career
Haddad was ordained deacon in 1939 and priested in 1940,{{Cite web |url=https://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=GB%2F109%2F16477 |title=Lambeth Palace Library |access-date=2020-11-29 |archive-date=2020-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129153806/https://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=GB%2F109%2F16477 |url-status=live }} both by the 7th bishop, Francis Brown. After a curacy at Acre he served at Jaffa, Amman and Nablus.
Later career
In 1971 he was appointed a Canon Residentiary at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem and served there'Bishop appointed' Friday, July 26, 1974 The Times Issue: 59149 p17 until his consecration'Pilgrimage of Awakening: The Extraordinary Lives of Murray and Mary Rogers' Cattan. M.V.T. pp205/6: Eugene, Oregon; Pickwick; 2016 {{ISBN|978-1-4982-7909-3}} as Coadjutor Bishop of Jerusalem on 29 August 1974.[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00263201003590482 T & F On-line] He became diocesan bishop'Anglicanism: A Global Communion' Wingate, A (Ed) p87: New York, Church Publishing; 1998 {{ISBN|0-89869-304-7}} on 6 January 1976Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p413 London: OUP, 1983 {{ISBN|0-19-200010-1}} and served until 1984.'The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia' Wilfred, F (Ed) p242: Oxford; OUP, 2014 {{ISBN|978-0-19-932906-9}}
Honors
- 80px Order of the Holy Sepulchre, for his contribution to theological dialogue and church unity.{{Cite web
|title=Retired Bishop of Jerusalem to Speak Tomorrow in Bethlehem Religion
|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-05-17-2525060-story.html
|date=17 May 1986
|access-date=14 January 2021
|website=The Morning Call
|language=English
|archive-date=7 December 2020
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201207231428/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-05-17-2525060-story.html
|url-status=live
}}
- 80px Order of Saint John, by Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II on 4 November 1977.{{Cite web
|title= THE LONDON GAZETTE, 4TH NOVEMBER 1977
|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47369/page/13902/data.pdf
|date=4 November 1977
|access-date=14 January 2021
|website=The London Gazette
|language=English
|archive-date= 1 December 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201011559/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47369/page/13902/data.pdf
|url-status=live}}
- 80px Jordanian Order of Independence, by the King of Jordan Hussein bin Talal in 1983.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20201201130843/https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSphoto_display.pl?pr_number=77319&photo_index= Photo: Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Faik Haddad visits the United States, 7 October 1977]
- List of Bishops of Jerusalem, Arabic Wikipedia
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