Hassan Dehqani-Tafti
Hassan Barnaba Dehqani-Tafti (Hassan Barnābā Dehqānī-Taftī; 14 May 1920 in Taft, Iran – 29 April 2008 in Winchester) was the Anglican Bishop of Iran from 1960 until his retirement in 1990. Dehqani-Tafti was the first ethnic Persian to become a bishop of Iran since the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
The Right Reverend Hassan Dehqani-Tafti | |
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| Anglican Bishop in Iran | |
| Church | Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East |
| Diocese | Diocese of Iran |
| In office | 1960 to 1990 |
| Predecessor | William Thompson |
| Successor | Iraj Mottahedeh |
| Other post(s) | President Bishop (1977–1985) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | c. 1960 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1920 Taft, Yazd, Iran |
| Died | 29 April 2008 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
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Dehqani-Tafti spent the last ten years of his episcopate in exile after the Iranian Revolution and an assassination attempt in October 1979, in which his wife, Margaret, was wounded. In May 1980, his 25-year-old son, Bahram, was murdered by Iranian government agents; Bahram is commemorated in the chapel at Monkton Combe School where he was a pupil from 1968 to 1973. Hassan's daughter Guli Francis-Dehqani has been Bishop of Chelmsford since 2021.