HC Deb 09 March 1938 vol 332 cc1877-8
37. Mr. Hannah

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider the appointment of an Arab suffragan for the non-Greek members of the Orthodox Church in Palestine?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

I understand that there are already two pastoral Bishops (entitled Metropolitans) in Palestine. The Government of Palestine is not concerned with such appointments, and the question of the appointment of an additional Bishop is not a matter in which I could intervene.

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