Luxor Eparchy
| Luxor Eparchy | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Coptic Catholic Church |
| Country | Egypt |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria |
| Diocesan bishop | Emmanuel Bishay |
| Vicar General | Elia Eskandr Abd Elmalak OFM |
| Parishes | 21 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Residents | 3,500,000 ( 1969 ) |
| Catholics | 18,500 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 712 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Friars | 22 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 67 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| rite | Coptic rite |
| Liturgical language | Coptic |
| cathedral | Coptic Cathedral |
The Eparchy Luxor ( Latin Eparchia Thebana ) is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church united with the Roman Catholic Church , based in Luxor in Egypt .
history
The Coptic Patriarchate founded it on November 26, 1895 from cessions of territory from the Alexandria eparchy . On August 10, 1947, it lost part of its territory to the Assiut eparchy .
Bishops of Luxor
- Ignazio Gladès Berzi (March 6, 1896 - January 29, 1925)
- Markus II Khouzam (August 9, 1926 - August 10, 1947, then Patriarch of Alexandria )
- Isaac Ghattas (June 21, 1949 - May 8, 1967, then Archbishop of Al-Minya )
- Andraos Ghattas CM (May 8, 1967 - June 9, 1986, Patriarch of Alexandria)
- Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub SJ (July 15, 1986 - March 12, 1994)
- Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir (June 23, 1994 - December 27, 2015)
- Emmanuel Bishay (since April 16, 2016)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 13,000 | ? | ? | 30th | 15th | 15th | 433 | 35 | |||
| 1969 | 20,000 | 3,500,000 | 0.6 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 512 | 12 | 145 | 40 | |
| 1980 | 25,000 | ? | ? | 41 | 27 | 14th | 609 | 16 | 165 | 51 | |
| 1990 | 21,000 | ? | ? | 21st | 7th | 14th | 1,000 | 16 | 90 | 21st | |
| 1999 | 17,543 | ? | ? | 21st | 8th | 13 | 835 | 17th | 76 | 22nd | |
| 2000 | 17,550 | ? | ? | 23 | 9 | 14th | 763 | 17th | 75 | 22nd | |
| 2001 | 17,600 | ? | ? | 24 | 10 | 14th | 733 | 18th | 76 | 22nd | |
| 2002 | 18,000 | ? | ? | 20th | 7th | 13 | 900 | 17th | 69 | 22nd | |
| 2003 | 18,000 | ? | ? | 23 | 8th | 15th | 782 | 20th | 74 | 23 | |
| 2004 | 18,000 | ? | ? | 23 | 8th | 15th | 782 | 19th | 75 | 21st | |
| 2009 | 18,600 | ? | ? | 24 | 9 | 15th | 775 | 15th | 66 | 21st | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Eparchy Luxor on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry via the eparchy Luxor on Giga-Catholic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dalle Chiese Orientali (Italian)