Alexandria Eparchy
| Alexandria Eparchy | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Coptic Catholic Church |
| Country | Egypt |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria |
| Diocesan bishop | Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Antonios Cardinal Naguib |
| Parishes | 31 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 10,000,000 ( 1950 ) |
| Catholics | 36.020 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 32 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 493 |
| Friars | 65 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 144 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Coptic rite |
| Liturgical language | Coptic |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt |
The Eparchy of Alexandria ( Latin Eparchia Alexandrina Coptorum ) is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Alexandria in Egypt .
history
It was founded on November 26, 1895. On December 17, 1982 it lost part of its territory to the Ismayliah eparchy and on March 21, 2003 another part to the Giza eparchy .
Bishops of Alexandria
- Cyrille Macaire (March 15, 1895– June 19, 1899) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Kyrillos II Macaire (June 19, 1899– May 30, 1908)
- Maximos Sedfaoui (1908-13 January 1927) (Apostolic Administrator)
- Marc Khouzam (Markos II) (December 30, 1927– August 10, 1947) (Apostolic Administrator)
- Markos II. Khouzam (August 10, 1947– February 2, 1958)
- Stephanos I. Sidarouss CM (May 10, 1958– May 24, 1986)
- Stephanos II. Ghattas CM (June 9, 1986– March 27, 2006)
- Antonios Naguib (March 30, 2006– January 18, 2013)
- Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (since January 18, 2013)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 16,000 | 10,000,000 | 0.2 | 18th | 18th | 888 | 22nd | 13 | |||
| 1969 | 30,000 | ? | ? | 70 | 40 | 30th | 428 | 32 | 55 | 27 | |
| 1980 | 50,000 | ? | ? | 47 | 47 | 1,063 | 28 | 118 | 32 | ||
| 1990 | 80,000 | ? | ? | 78 | 48 | 30th | 1,025 | 2 | 51 | 190 | 43 |
| 1999 | 88,000 | ? | ? | 110 | 51 | 59 | 800 | 94 | 175 | 48 | |
| 2000 | 90,000 | ? | ? | 119 | 54 | 65 | 756 | 96 | 280 | 49 | |
| 2001 | 91,500 | ? | ? | 120 | 50 | 70 | 762 | 104 | 285 | 48 | |
| 2002 | 95,000 | ? | ? | 146 | 51 | 95 | 650 | 130 | 270 | 43 | |
| 2003 | 120,000 | ? | ? | 158 | 52 | 106 | 759 | 141 | 225 | 40 | |
| 2004 | 130,000 | ? | ? | 155 | 46 | 109 | 838 | 136 | 230 | 40 | |
| 2006 | 27,377 | ? | ? | 69 | 47 | 22nd | 396 | 58 | 125 | 36 | |
| 2009 | 28,345 | ? | ? | 66 | 42 | 24 | 429 | 61 | 131 | 32 | |
| 2012 | 30,405 | ? | ? | 73 | 41 | 32 | 493 | 65 | 144 | 31 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Eparchy Alexandria on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)