Apostolic Vicariate Heliopolis in Egypt
The Apostolic Vicariate of Heliopolis in Egypt ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Heliopolis in Aegypto ) was in Egypt located Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Heliopolis (district of Cairo ).
history
On January 25, 1886, the Apostolic Prefecture Nile Delta by Pope Leo XIII. Erected from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt . On September 13, 1894, the Apostolic Prefecture of the Nile Delta gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Eritrea .
The Apostolic Prefecture of the Nile Delta was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on September 17, 1909 by Pope Pius X with the Apostolic Constitution Quae rei sacrae . On January 27, 1951, the Vicariate Apostolic Nile Delta was renamed the Vicariate Apostolic Heliopolis in Egypt .
The Apostolic Vicariate of Heliopolis in Egypt was dissolved on November 30, 1987 by the Congregation for the Oriental Churches with the decree Cum olim and the territory was annexed to the Apostolic Vicariate Alexandria in Egypt.
In 1980 there were 1,600 Catholics living in the area of the Apostolic Vicariate Heliopolis in Egypt. The Vicariate Apostolic was divided into five parishes and had 70 priests . The Basilica of Our Lady of Heliopolis was the cathedral.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of the Nile Delta
- Augustin Duret SMA , 1885–1909
Vicars Apostolic of the Nile Delta
- Augustin Duret SMA, 1909–1914
- Jules Girard SMA, 1921-1950
- André van den Bronk SMA, 1950–1951
Vicars Apostolic of Heliopolis in Egypt
- André van den Bronk SMA, 1951–1952, then Bishop of Kumasi
- Noël Laurent Boucheix SMA, 1953–1958, then Bishop of Porto-Novo
- Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert SMA, 1959–1978
- Egidio Sampieri OFM , 1978–1987, then Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria in Egypt
See also
Web links
- Entry to Apostolic Vicariate Heliopolis in Egypt on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the Apostolic Vicariate Heliopolis in Egypt on Giga-Catholic (English)