Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Religion in Cyprus" in English language version.
When the British first arrived in Cyprus in 1878, responsibility for the Anglicans lay with the Bishop of Gibraltar, the Right Reverend Charles Sandford, for whom an important priority was advancing "mutual understanding between our Church and the Orthodox Churches of the East" (H. Knight, The Diocese of Gibraltar).
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link)The Patriarchate of Antioch wanted to place the church under its jurisdiction, but the Council of Ephesus in 431, and later the emperor, recognised the autocephaly of the Church of Cyprus.
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