Michael Lewis (bishop)


Michael Lewis
Former Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf and former President Bishop and Primate, Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East
ChurchEpiscopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf
Installed24 November 2007 in Nicosia
PredecessorClive Handford
SuccessorSean Semple
Other post(s)Bishop of Middleton
(1999–2007)
Orders
Ordination1978 (deacon)
1979 (priest)
Consecration1999
Personal details
Born (1953-06-08) 8 June 1953 (age 71)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJohn & Jean (née Pope)
SpouseJulia (nee Lennox) (m. 1979)
Children2 sons (one deceased); 1 daughter
Alma materMerton College, Oxford

Michael Augustine Owen Lewis (born 8 June 1953) is an Anglican bishop, born in England, who served in the Middle East. He was until 8 June 2023 the Anglican bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf[1] in the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. Within his former diocese lie Cyprus, Iraq, and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula, including the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was also president bishop and primate of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East with the title of archbishop from 17 November 2019 to 12 May 2023.