Munib Younan

The Right Reverend

Munib Younan

D.D.
Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Bishop Munib Younan in 2015
ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Installed1998
Term ended2018
Orders
Ordination1976
Consecration5 January 1998
Personal details
Born
Munib Younan

(1950-09-18) 18 September 1950 (age 74)
NationalityPalestinian
DenominationLutheran
ParentsAndria Younan & Alice Qandalaft
SpouseSuad Yacoub
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Munib Younan (Arabic: منيب يونان, romanizedMunīb Yūnān[1][a]Arabic pronunciation: [mʊ.niːb juː.naːn] ; born 18 September 1950 in Jerusalem) is a Palestinian Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL).

From January 1998 to January 2018 he was Bishop of the ELCJHL. He retired in January 2018, but continues to serve as Bishop Emeritus, and remains a member of the Church Council of ELCJHL.[3]

He served as President of the Lutheran World Federation from 2010 to 2017.

  1. ^ المطران منيب يونان - مجلس أمناء المؤسسة [Bishop Munib Younan - The Foundation's Board of Trustees]. Yasser Arafat Foundation (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ האפיפיור ישתתף באירועים לציון הרפורמציה בערים לונד ומלמו בשבדיה [Pope to take part in Reformation events in Swedish cities of Lund and Malmö]. Vatican Radio Archive (in Hebrew). 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Bishop Emeritus Dr. Munib Younan". Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Retrieved 23 August 2018.


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