Roman Catholicism in Egypt

The Roman Catholic Church in Egypt is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. She is a minority in the occupied over 90% of Muslims country.

Overview

The Roman Catholic Church in Egypt (Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria ) has about 30 000 members, mainly of foreign origin. In addition, however, it is to form a series of United Churches came: By far the most important of operating in Egypt churches united with Rome is the Coptic Catholic Church, with about 250 000 members in seven dioceses (Alexandria, Giza, Luxor, Minya, Assiut, Sohag, Ismayliah ). The Melkite Greek Catholic Church ( Archdiocese of Alexandria ) comprises about 35 000 members (estimate, the last own specification comes from 1970: 11 000 believers ). There is also the Maronite Church ( Eparchat of Cairo ) with 5000 believers, the Syriac Catholic Church ( Eparchat of Cairo ) 1700 faithful, Armenian Catholic Church ( Eparchat of Alexandria ) 1300 believers and the Chaldean Catholic Church ( Eparchat of Cairo ) with 500 believers. In addition to the Copts and Catholic Christians in Egypt are subjected to discrimination in the workplace and sharia courts.

Dioceses

Coptic Catholic Church

For the Roman Catholic church in the country include the Coptic Catholic Church. The Coptic Catholic Church has about 300,000 members.

  • Eparchy of Alexandria
  • ( Archdiocese of Alexandria )
  • Eparchy of Assiut
  • Eparchy of Giza
  • Eparchy Ismayliah
  • Eparchy of Luxor
  • Eparchy Minya
  • Eparchy of Sohag

Other dioceses

  • The Latin Church is represented by the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria in Egypt
  • The Melkite Diocese in Egypt is the Archdiocese of Alexandria.
  • The Maronite diocese in Egypt is the Eparchy of Cairo.
  • The Armenian Diocese in Egypt is the Eparchy Iskanderiya.
  • The Chaldean Diocese in Egypt is the Eparchy of Cairo.
  • The Syriac Catholic Diocese in Egypt is the Eparchy of Cairo.
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