Syriac_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Cairo

Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo

Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo

Syriac Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Egypt

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.

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

History

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

Ordinaries

Eparchs (Bishops) of Cairo

List of Churches

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

References

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