Education
He was educated at the American University of Beirut and ordained in 1958.
He was educated at the American University of Beirut and ordained in 1958.
He was Parish Priest to the Palestinian congregation at Saint George"s Cathedral, Jerusalem and then held further incumbencies at Street Andrew’s Ramallah, Street Peter’s, Bir Zeit, then All Saints, Beirut. From 1977 he was a Lecturer at Birzeit University and then Archdeacon of Jerusalem. In 1982 he became Coadjutor Bishop of Jerusalem and two years later the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.
Between 1984 and 1998, Bishop Kaffity was the second Palestinian Arab bishop.
He served two five-year terms as the Provincial President-Bishop and Primate. Bishop Kafity died at his home in San Diego, California on August 21, 2015.