Humphrey Peters Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Humphrey Peters
Church:Church of Pakistan
Bishop of Peshawar
Diocese:Peshawar
Enthroned:2011
Other Post:Moderator and Primate of the Church of Pakistan (2017–2021)
Religion:Protestant (Anglican in a United Church)
Nationality:Pakistani

Humphrey Sarfaraz Peters is a Pakistani Protestant bishop. He has served as Bishop of the Diocese of Peshawar since 2011, and from 2017 to 2021, Moderator and Primate in the Church of Pakistan, a United Protestant Church that holds membership in the Anglican Communion, World Methodist Council and World Communion of Reformed Churches.[1]

He was part of the original team responsible for envisioning the Anglican Alliance, and has remained closely involved since, as a member of the steering group, and part of the team responsible for appointing the Asia facilitator. He is the former secretary of the development and relief organisation of the diocese.[2] [3] [4]

He attended the Anglican Church in North America meeting of the College of Bishops, in Orlando, Florida, at 6–10 January 2014.[5]

Peters was elected Moderator and Primate of the Church of Pakistan on 20 May 2017.[6] He was succeeded by Azad Marshall as moderator and primate in 2021.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peshawar Diocese - Church of Pakistan.
  2. Web site: Rt Revd Humphrey Peters | Anglican Alliance . 2016-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141208125833/http://www.anglicanalliance.org/people/profile/455/rt-revd-humphrey-peters . 2014-12-08 . dead .
  3. Web site: Pakistan Christian Post.
  4. Web site: Episcopal Diocese of Texas.
  5. http://anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/717 Communiqué from the College of Bishops, January 2014, ACNA Official Website
  6. Web site: New Primate for Pakistan, Anglican Ink, 24 May 2017 . 25 May 2017 . 1 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170701234351/http://anglican.ink/article/new-primate-pakistan . dead .
  7. News: Trio of new primates as new Anglican leaders appointed in Alexandria, Burundi and Pakistan . 8 February 2024 . Anglican Communion News Service . June 16, 2021.