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.
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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]
samuel, azariah, samuel, sammy, robert, azariah, born, gujarat, august, 1949, protestant, pakistani, bishop, church, pakistan, united, protestant, denomination, that, holds, membership, anglican, communion, world, methodist, council, world, communion, reformed. 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 The Most ReverendSamuel AzariahModerator of the Church of Pakistan Bishop of RawindiChurchChurch of PakistanIn office2009 presentOrdersOrdination1980Consecration19 July 1987Personal detailsBorn 1949 08 31 August 31 1949 age 74 Karachi Contents 1 Early life 2 Ecclesiastical career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life editAzariah 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 editIn 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 References edit Primates of the Anglican Communion Moderator of the Church of Pakistan Anglican Ink 5 January 2016 Archbishop of Canterbury s Awards ceremony held at Lambeth Palace Archbishop of Canterbury 13 June 2017 Retrieved 14 July 2017 External links editPrimates of the Anglican Communion Moderator of the Church of Pakistan Anglican Ink 5 January 2016 nbsp This Pakistani biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an Anglican bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Azariah amp oldid 1167328352, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
