May 5, 2025

The Most Rev. Dr. Hosam Elias Naoum, Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem and Primate of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, discusses the blessings and challenges of overseeing God’s mission in a time of war.

In 1988, Archbishop Hosam was ordained as a deacon in Nablus/Rafedia and was ordained as a priest in 1999. In 2011, he earned a Master of Theology degree in Canon Law from Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) in the U.S. and completed his doctoral studies in the summer of 2019. Consecrated as Bishop Coadjutor in June 2020, he was installed as the 15th Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem in 2021. In May 2022, he was also awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from (VTS). In addition to overseeing the 28 parishes and 30+ institutions of the diocese, Archbishop Hosam also serves as the Secretary to the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem and is actively involved in the work of ecumenical and interfaith dialogues.