Apostolic Vicariate Port Said
The Apostolic Vicariate of Port Said ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Portus Saidi ) was in Egypt located Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate based in Port Said .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate Port Said was founded on July 12, 1926 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quae in exploratam from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Egypt as the Apostolic Vicariate Suez Canal . On January 27, 1951, the Apostolic Vicariate was Suez Canal in apostolic vicariate Port Said renamed.
The Apostolic Vicariate Port Said 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 375 Catholics living in the area of the Apostolic Vicariate Port Said. The Vicariate Apostolic was divided into three parishes and had four priests .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Suez Canal
- Victor Colombanus Dreyer OFMCap , 1927–1928, then Apostolic Delegate of Indochina
- Ange-Marie-Paul Hiral OFM , 1929–1951
Vicars Apostolic of Port Said
- Ange-Marie-Paul Hiral OFM, 1951–1952
- René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin OFM, 1952–1958, then Bishop of Digne
- Egidio Sampieri OFM, 1978–1987, then Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria in Egypt
See also
Web links
- Entry to Apostolic Vicariate Port Said on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the Apostolic Vicariate Port Said in Giga-Catholic (English)