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Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo

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Eparchy of Cairo
Location
CountryEgypt
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyriac Catholic Church
RiteWest Syriac Rite
Established3 December 1965
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchIgnatius Joseph III Yonan
EparchÉlie Joseph Warde

The Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo (informally Cairo of the Syriacs) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Egypt. It is immediately exempt to the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, though not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in the episcopal see of Cairo.

History

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The Eparchy of Cairo was established on 3 December 1965 on territory previously without a Syriac Catholic ordinary or territory.

Ordinaries

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Eparchs (Bishops) of Cairo

List of Churches

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There are three churches in Cairo and Alexandria[1]

  • Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cairo
  • St. Catherine's Church - Heliopolis
  • Church of the Heart of Jesus - Alexandria

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "كنيسة السريان". الكنيسة الكاثوليكية بمصر (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-11.