The Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem () is the Anglican jurisdiction for Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. It is a part of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and has diocesan offices at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem. Today, Anglicans constitute a large portion of Jerusalem's Christians. The diocese has a membership of around 7,000 people, with 35 service institutions, 29 parishes, 1500 employees, 200 hospital beds, and 6,000 students. The bishop of the diocese was styled Bishop in Jerusalem from 1976 until 2014 and from 1841 until 1957, and since then has been styled Archbishop in Jerusalem, as he was between 1957 and 1976. History The Evangelical Revival and the Restoration of Israel The Evangelical Revival of the early nineteenth century began in contrast to the "saucy rationalism" of the 18th century: the "atheistic" French revolution providing a convincing argument for the propertied classes of England, hoping to avert a similar fate, to rediscover their faith absolutely. Important to us (and as the name suggests) is that the Evangelicals were a missionary movement, committed to bringing everyone to the same faith – especially the Jews. The restoration of the Jews to Palestine, in convention with prophecy, was therefore obvious. Lord Shaftesbury was the principal champion of the movement: self-proclaimed "an Evangelical of the Evangelicals" he set about to turn his vision of a restored and converted Israel into official government policy. Important in this is the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews (familiarly called the Jews' Society) which was a popular platform from which Shaftesbury and other enthusiasts focused their efforts. In this way the setting up of the Anglican bishopric in Jerusalem is inextricably entangled with Lord Shaftesbury's efforts towards the restoration and conversion of Israel. Jewish resettlement in Palestine and the creation of an Anglican church in Jerusalem, "if possible on Mt. Zion itself," would come hand in hand. But first was the creation of a consulate in Jerusalem, the appointed vice-consul "to afford protection of the Jews generally" in Palestine. This was achieved in March 1838. The Damascus Incident of 1840 provided interest and motive for more concrete British intervention on behalf of the Jews in Turkey. Under the influence of Lord Ashley (as Shaftesbury was then) Lord Palmerston, the Foreign Secretary, called for the Porte to facilitate the settlement of Jews from all Europe and Africa in Palestine in