Eparchy Sohag

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Eparchy Sohag
Basic data
Rite church Coptic Catholic Church
Country Egypt
Metropolitan bishopric Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria
Diocesan bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe
Emeritus diocesan bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir
Parishes 24 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 12,705 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Diocesan priest 27 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 471
Religious sisters 48 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Coptic rite
Liturgical language Coptic
cathedral Cathedral of Christ the King

The Eparchy of Sohag ( Latin Eparchia Sohagensis ) is in Egypt located eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church , based in Sohag .

history

The Sohag Eparchy was established on September 13, 1981 by Pope John Paul II from cession of territory to the Luxor Eparchy .

Bishops of the Sohag Eparchy

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number
Diocesan priest
Religious priest 		Catholics per
priest 		Friars Religious sisters
1990 12,000 ? ? 17th 17th 705 28 23
1999 12,000 ? ? 24 24 500 23
2000 12,225 ? ? 19th 19th 643 20th
2001 12,000 ? ? 24 24 500 1 24 22nd
2002 12,260 ? ? 21st 21st 583 1 28 22nd
2003 12,283 ? ? 22nd 22nd 558 1 28 22nd
2004 12,560 ? ? 18th 18th 697 24 20th
2009 12,510 ? ? 24 24 521 26th 20th
2010 12,680 ? ? 24 24 528 26th 20th
2014 13,553 ? ? 23 23 589 32 22nd
2017 12,705 ? ? 27 27 470 48 24

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