Eparchy Assiut

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Eparchy Assiut
Basic data
Rite church Coptic Catholic Church
Country Egypt
Metropolitan bishopric Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria
Diocesan bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan OFM
Parishes 39 (2012 / AP 2013 )
Residents 1,850,000 ( 1970 )
Catholics 50,000 (2012 / AP 2013 )
proportion of 2.9%
Diocesan priest 47 (2012 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest 6 (2012 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest 943
Friars 6 (2012 / AP 2013 )
Religious sisters 60 (2012 / AP 2013 )
rite Coptic rite
Liturgical language Coptic
cathedral Cathedral of the Mother of Divine Love

The eparchy Assiut ( lat. : Eparchia Lycopolitana ) is in Egypt located eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church , based in Asyut .

history

The Assiut eparchy was founded on August 10, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Ex Petri Cathedra from cessions of territory of the Luxor Eparchy .

Bishops of the Assiut Eparchy

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number
Diocesan priest
Religious priest 		Catholics per
priest 		Friars Religious sisters
1948 17,065 2,574,585 0.7 54 37 17th 316 14th 12
1959 19,910 1,605,000 1.2 24 21st 3 829 6th 69 28
1970 ? 1,850,000 ? 40 33 7th ? 8th 45 32
1980 34,700 ? ? 39 35 4th 889 4th 61 46
1990 30,000 ? ? 44 37 7th 681 23 53 41
1999 35,000 ? ? 56 51 5 625 6th 52 41
2000 35,500 ? ? 53 48 5 669 6th 55 41
2001 45,000 ? ? 57 51 6th 789 7th 55 41
2002 45,000 ? ? 56 51 5 803 10 7th 56 41
2003 45,000 ? ? 56 51 5 803 5 53 41
2004 45,000 ? ? 57 52 5 789 5 59 41
2006 50,000 ? ? 54 49 5 925 5 60 41
2009 50,000 ? ? 58 53 5 862 5 65 39

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ex Petri Cathedra , AAS 40 (1948), n.5, p. 172ff.