Eparchy Minya

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Eparchy Minya
Basic data
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

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
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

Individual evidence

  1. Vatican / Egypt: New Bishop of Minya. Vatican Radio, April 8, 2013, accessed April 8, 2013 .