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.

[2] He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton[3] and Merton College, Oxford, where he read Oriental Studies (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac)[4] taking a BA in 1974 and MA in 1979.

In 2007 he was translated to Cyprus and the Gulf[6] On 5 June 2011, he ordained the first female priest in the Middle East in Saint Christopher's Cathedral, Manama.