Samuel Azariah
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| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Samuel Azariah
| title = Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, Bishop of Rawindi
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| term = 2009-present
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| ordination = 1980
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| consecration = 19 July 1987
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|8|31}}
| birth_place = Karachi
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Samuel Sammy Robert Azariah (born Gujarat, 31 August 1949) is a Protestant Pakistani bishop in the Church of Pakistan, a united Protestant denomination that holds membership in the Anglican Communion, World Methodist Council and World Communion of Reformed Churches. He is married to Khushnud and they have three daughters.
Early life
Azariah studied at St. Paul's High School Karachi and at St. Patrick's College, in Karachi. He completed his Honours in Sociology at the University of Karachi, in 1971.
Ecclesiastical career
In 1979, he was ordained a deacon of the Church of Pakistan, a united Protestant denomination that holds membership in the Anglican Communion, World Methodist Council and World Communion of Reformed Churches; he was ordained as a priest in 1980. He served first as curate at St. Andrew's Church, in Karachi, to serve mainly his small English language congregation. He later became Rector, which he was until 1987. He taught during this time at the Church of Pakistan Seminary, now known as St. Thomas' Seminary. He was elected the youngest Bishop of the Diocese of Raiwind in 1987. He first served as the Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, from 1997 to 2002, and served once again from 2009 to 2017. He also serves on the executive committee of the World Council of Churches.[http://www.anglican.ink/article/primates-anglican-communion-moderator-church-pakistan Primates of the Anglican Communion - Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, Anglican Ink, 5 January 2016]
In 2017, he was awarded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation by the Archbishop of Canterbury.{{cite web|title=Archbishop of Canterbury's Awards ceremony held at Lambeth Palace|url=http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5876/archbishop-of-canterburys-awards-ceremony-held-at-lambeth-palace|website=Archbishop of Canterbury|accessdate=14 July 2017|date=13 June 2017}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.anglican.ink/article/primates-anglican-communion-moderator-church-pakistan Primates of the Anglican Communion - Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, Anglican Ink, 5 January 2016]
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Category:Religious leaders from Karachi
Category:21st-century Protestant religious leaders
Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia
Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in Asia
Category:Anglican bishops of Raiwind
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