Eparchy Iskanderiya
| Eparchy Iskanderiya | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Armenian Catholic Church |
| Country |
Egypt Sudan |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Cilicia |
| Diocesan bishop | Krikor-Okosdinos Coussa |
| founding | 1885 |
| surface | 2,887,517 km² |
| Parishes | 4 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Residents | 121,394,876 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics | 6,500 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,500 |
| Religious sisters | 5 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| rite | Armenian rite |
| Liturgical language |
Arabic Armenian |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Annunciation |
| Website | http://www.armeniancatholic.org/inside.php?lang=ar&page_id=305 |
The eparchy Iskanderiya ( Latin Eparchia Alexandrina Armenorum ) is in Egypt and Sudan located Eparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church , based in Cairo .
history
The Armenian Catholics have been present in Egypt since the first half of the eighteenth century, particularly in the cities of Alexandria and Cairo. Pope Leo XIII. founded it in 1885 when he took away the jurisdiction for the Armenian Catholics in Egypt and Sudan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt .
Eparchen
- Paul Acderian (1850-1866)
- Barnabé Akscheislian (May 2, 1886– May 16, 1898)
- Boghos Sabbaghian (August 28, 1901– August 4, 1904, then Patriarch of Cilicia )
- Pietro Kojunian (February 26, 1907– March 17, 1911), then "Ordinarius for the Armenians in Rome"
- Jean Couzian ICPB (August 27, 1911– May 6, 1933)
- Jacques Nessimian (August 5, 1933– July 2, 1960)
- Raphaël Bayan (July 2, 1960 - March 9, 1989)
- Nerses Tarmouni (August 21, 1989– October 7 , 1999, then Patriarch of Cilicia )
- Krikor-Okosdinos Coussa (since September 9, 2003)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1969 | 25,000 | 4th | 4th | 6,250 | 2 | ||||||
| 1980 | 2,250 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 750 | 2 | 8th | 3 | |||
| 1990 | 200,000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100,000 | 1 | 6th | 3 | |||
| 1999 | 1,287 | 1 | 1 | 1,287 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2000 | 1,276 | 1 | 1 | 1,276 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2001 | 1,276 | 1 | 1 | 1,276 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2002 | 1,276 | 1 | 1 | 1,276 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2003 | 1,276 | 2 | 2 | 638 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2006 | 6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2,000 | 4th | 4th | |||||
| 2009 | 6,500 | 1 | 1 | 6,500 | 5 | 4th | |||||
See also
Web links
- Entry on Eparchy Iskanderiya on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Description on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry on the official website of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate (Arabic)