Clive Handford

George Clive Handford CMG[1] (born 17 April 1937) is an English Anglican bishop.

[7] Then, from 1978 to 1983, he was co-currently Archdeacon in the Gulf and chaplain in Abu Dhabi and Qatar.

[8] Often embroiled in centuries old disputes, he clearly stated his own view in a letter to The Times in 1977: "I am neither pro-Arab nor pro-Jew, I am pro-human.

During much of that time, he served as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East.

In retirement, he still maintains his links with the church and serves as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds.