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Born in Jerusalem , he has an MA in Theology from Helsinki University .1He is President of the Board of Managers of the International Christian Committee (ICC) in Jerusalem. v t e2
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He is married since 1980 to Suad Yacoub from Haifa , originally from Kfar Bir'im , (one of the depopulated villages of 1948.) They have three children. He has an MA in Theology from Helsinki University . On Nov 9, 2006, Bishop Younan released a statement, saying that "we are appalled and outraged by the indiscriminate disregard for human life exhibited by the Israeli Army in the past week in Beit Hanoun , This blatant disregard for innocent human life and extensive destruction of property constitute grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention"
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Munib Younan (2015) Munib Younan ( , ; born September 18, 1950 in Jerusalem ) is the elected president of the Lutheran World Federation since 2010 and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Bishop of Palestine and Jordan in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land since 1998.
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Munib Younan ( , ; born September 18, 1950 in Jerusalem ) is a Palestinian Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL).He retired in January 2018, but continues to serve as Bishop Emeritus, and remains a member of the Church Council of ELCJHL.
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Munib Younan ( ; born 18 September 1950 in Jerusalem ) is a Palestinian Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). He retired in January 2018, but continues to serve as Bishop Emeritus, and remains a member of the Church Council of ELCJHL. "المطران منيب يونان - مجلس أمناء المؤسسة" [Bishop Mundib Younan - The Foundation's Board of Trustees]."האפיפיור ישתתף באירועים לציון הרפורמציה בערים לונד ומלמו בשבדיה" [Pope to take part in Reformation events in Swedish cities of Lund and Malmö].There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Palestinian Bishop Emeritus Munib Younan ( Arabic : منيب يونان , romanized : Munīb Yūnān Arabic pronunciation: [mʊ.niːb juː.naːn] ; born 18 September 1950 in Jerusalem ) is a Palestinian Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). He retired in January 2018, but continues to serve as Bishop Emeritus, and remains a member of the Church Council of ELCJHL. He served as President of the Lutheran World Federation from 2010 to 2017. المطران منيب يونان - مجلس أمناء المؤسسة [Bishop Munib Younan - The Foundation's Board of Trustees]. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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evangelical lutheran church bishop of palestine and jordan
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palestinian bishop emeritus of the evangelical lutheran church in jordan and the holy land
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