AFTER celebrating 25 years of being ordained, Liphook’s Canon Andrew White has just published his autobiography, My Journey So Far.

And he will be signing copies of his new tome in Guildford this weekend.

The clergyman said: “I am doing a promotional book tour across the UK in November and will also appear on various TV shows.

“All proceeds from my book and the accompanying DVD about our work for the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East will go toward continued funding of our work.”

Canon White also recently met Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and patron of the Foundation to Jerusalem.

“Like me, Lord Carey is very concerned by the refugee crisis and the plight of our Christian brothers and sisters in the Middle East,” he said.

“According to the latest figures from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, there are now four million Iraqis who have been displaced by the sectarian conflict, many of them Christians.”

The Emeritus Vicar of Baghdad has launched the Emergency Appeal for Iraqi Refugees so he can help them build a new life.

Canon White has lived an extraordinary life. After a brief but successful career working in anaesthetics, he decided to become a priest in the Church of England. He was ordained in 1990.

In 1998, at the age of 33, he was appointed a canon at Coventry Cathedral, where he headed up the International Centre for Reconciliation. During this period, Canon White helped negotiate the end of the Bethlehem Siege.

In 2005, he moved to Iraq where he became the Chaplain of Iraq’s only Anglican Church – St George’s Church in Baghdad. During his time in Iraq, he was able to bridge the divide between Sunni and Shia factions, helping to secure temporary ceasefires amid the sectarian violence.

For his reconciliation work, the Foundation president has won international acclaim.

In 2014, he was the recipient of the William Wilberforce Award and the Anne Frank Award, which was presented to him by the Dutch government.

Canon White will be preaching and signing books on Sunday at Guildford Cathedral, at 10.55am.