Origins
The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East began as a number of missionary posts of the Church Mission Society (CMS) in Cyprus, the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. The Church Mission Society continues to provide the province with lay mission partners and ordained chaplains, but now the majority of its ministry is drawn from local congregations.
During the 1820s, CMS began to prepare for permanent missionary stations in the region.
In 1833, a missionary station was established in Jerusalem with the support of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (a Jewish Christian missionary society now known as the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People or CMJ). In 1839, the building of the Church of Saint Mark, Alexandria was begun.
In 1841, Michael Solomon Alexander, a converted rabbi, arrived in Jerusalem as the first Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem. His diocese originally covered the mission stations in the Middle East and Egypt, and was a joint effort with the united Evangelical Church in Prussia (the so-called Anglo-Prussian Union) for Anglicans and united Calvinists and Lutherans - see Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem.
In 1849, Christ Church, Jerusalem near Jaffa Gate became the first Anglican/Lutheran church in the city. In 1871 Christ Church in Nazareth was consecrated.
The Anglo-Prussian Union ceased to function in 1881, and no bishop was appointed between 1881 and 1887. From 1887, the missionary effort continued solely under Anglican auspices.
Saint George's Cathedral was built in 1898 in Jerusalem as a central focus for the diocese.
Read more about this topic: Anglican Bishop In Jerusalem
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