Michael Augustine Owen Lewis (born 8 June 1953) is an Anglican bishop, born in England, who served in the Middle East. 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.
On 5 June 2011, he ordained the first female priest in the Middle East in Saint Christopher's Cathedral, Manama.[7]
He is a member and currently co-chair of the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue. He is a former member of the Anglican Consultative Council and a former consultant to the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith, and Order. For many years he has been Bishop-Visitor of the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God, Convent of the Incarnation, Fairacres, Oxford. Since 2021 he has been a Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
^ ab‘CYPRUS AND THE GULF, Bishop in’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 4 July 2012
