William Hanna Shomali (born 15 May 1950 in Beit Sahour, West Bank) is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who serves as an auxiliary bishop for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
In 1980 he completed a postgraduate degree in English Literature from Yarmouk University and was a lecturer and later director of the Minor Seminary of Beit Jala.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed William Hanna Shomali on 31 March 2010[5] as Titular bishop of Lydda (titular see) and ordered him in succession to Kamal Hanna Bathish as Auxiliary bishop in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Shomali became responsible as Patriarchal Vicar for Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Cyprus.
[10][14] On February 8, 2017, Bishop Shomali was nominated as Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan by Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of Latin Patriarchate,[15] succeeding Bishop Maroun Lahham who had resigned two days earlier on February 6, 2017.