Eparchy Minya
Eparchy Minya | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Coptic Catholic Church |
Country | Egypt |
Metropolitan bishopric | Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria |
Diocesan bishop | Kamal Fahim Awad Boutros Hanna |
Parishes | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 52,037 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Diocesan priest | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 743 |
Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Coptic rite |
Liturgical language | Coptic |
cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
The Eparchy Minya ( Latin : Eparchia Hermopolitana ) is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church united with the Roman Catholic Church , based in Al-Minya in Egypt .
history
The Coptic Patriarchate founded the eparchy on November 26th, 1895. On January 7th, 2020 the eparchy gave up territorial shares for the establishment of the Abu Qurqas eparchy .
Bishops of Minya
- Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui (March 6, 1896 - January 13, 1925)
- Francesco Basilio Bistauros (August 10, 1926 - November 30, 1934)
- Giorgio Baraka (July 8, 1938 - December 9, 1946)
- Paul Nousseir (January 21, 1950 - January 24, 1967)
- Isaac Ghattas (May 8, 1967 - June 8, 1977)
- Antonios Naguib (July 26, 1977 - September 29, 2002)
- Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (September 29, 2002 - January 18, 2013, then Patriarch of Alexandria )
- Kamal Fahim Awad Boutros Hanna (since April 8, 2013)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1949 | 11,491 | 2,777,024 | 0.4 | 18th | 13 | 5 | 638 | 20th | |||
1969 | 14,000 | 5,219,194 | 0.3 | 25th | 19th | 6th | 560 | 10 | 66 | 19th | |
1980 | 19,541 | ? | ? | 37 | 28 | 9 | 528 | 10 | 71 | 28 | |
1990 | 20.503 | ? | ? | 35 | 31 | 4th | 585 | 5 | 15th | 21st | |
2000 | 39.504 | ? | ? | 34 | 33 | 1 | 1,161 | 1 | 13 | 26th | |
2003 | 40,530 | ? | ? | 42 | 41 | 1 | 965 | 2 | 9 | 26th | |
2016 | 52,037 | ? | ? | 70 | 66 | 4th | 743 | 9 | 40 | 30th |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Eparchy Minya on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Eparchy Minya on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vatican / Egypt: New Bishop of Minya. Vatican Radio, April 8, 2013, accessed April 8, 2013 .