Samuel Azariah Explained

Type:Moderator
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Samuel Azariah
Moderator of the Church of Pakistan, Bishop of Rawindi
Church:Church of Pakistan
Term:2009-present
Ordination:1980
Consecration:19 July 1987
Birth Date:31 August 1949
Birth Place:Karachi

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.[1]

In 2017, he was awarded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation by the Archbishop of Canterbury.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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
  2. Web site: Archbishop of Canterbury's Awards ceremony held at Lambeth Palace. Archbishop of Canterbury. 14 July 2017. 13 June 2017.