Who's Who: Canon Andrew White GCStG

Rev Canon Andrew White GCStG, Knight Grand Cross and Spiritual Protector 

The Revd. Canon Andrew White GCStG is Vicar of St George’s Church, Baghdad, President of The Foundation For Relief & Reconciliation in The Middle East, Special Envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Fellow of Clare College Cambridge & Harvard University. He is a Knight Grand Cross of the Order and is the Order's Spiritual Protector, succeeding Rt. Rev Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali (former Lord Bishop of Rochester) in that regard.

Canon Andrew has been widely recognised for his immensely important inter faith work, along with his Christian outreach to the people of Iraq. Some of his awards include:

• The Sternberg International Council of Christians and Jews Prize (jointly with Lord Coggan) (1991)
• Anglo-Israel Association Prize (2001)
• Sir Sigmund Sternberg Inter-Faith Prize (2003)
• Grand Commander of the Order of Merit of the Knights Templar of Jerusalem (2003)
• Interfaith Award, British Government (2003)
• Peacemaker in Action Award, The Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, United States (2005)
• US Cross of Valor (2006)
• The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge, Peace Prize (2007)
• Iraq Peace Prize 2010
• The International Civil Courage Prize (2010)
• Honorary PhD University of Gloucester (2010)
• Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship Award (2010) - (awarded by Rotary District 1120)
• The Anglo-Israel Association Prize for his contribution to furthering understanding between the British and Israeli nations. He was awarded the Sternberg Inter-Faith Prize for his work in promoting good relations between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.