Abu Qurqas Eparchy
Abu Qurqas Eparchy | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Coptic Catholic Church |
Country | Egypt |
Metropolitan bishopric | Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria |
Diocesan bishop | Bechara Giuda OFM |
founding | January 7, 2020 |
rite | Coptic rite |
Liturgical language | Coptic |
cathedral | St. Anthony and St. Paul Abu Qurqas |
The Abu Qurqas eparchy is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Abu Qurqas in Egypt .
The Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak , established the eparchy on January 7, 2020 in agreement with the synod and after consulting the Holy See from ceding territories of the Minya eparchy . The Synod elected Bechara Giuda OFM as the first bishop of the eparchy .
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Abu Qurqas Eparchy on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Eparchy Abu Qurqas on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione dell'Eparchia di Abu Qurqas (Egitto) ed elezione del primo Vescovo di dell'Eparchia Abu Qurqas. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 7, 2020, accessed January 7, 2020 (Italian).