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- The Coptic Catholic Church is the most numerous of the local Catholic communities (200,000 faithful) and is organized into the Patriarchal Diocese, which includes Cairo, Alexandria, the Delta region and the South, and five other Dioceses: Minya, Lycopolis (Assiut), Sohag, Thebes-Luxor and Ismayliah.
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The Coptic Catholic Church is the most numerous of the local Catholic communities (200,000 faithful) and is organized into the Patriarchal Diocese, which includes Cairo, Alexandria, the Delta region and the South, and five other Dioceses: Minya, Lycopolis (Assiut), Sohag, Thebes-Luxor and Ismayliah.
Other particular churches of the worldwide Catholic Church with members in Egypt include the Melkites, Maronites, Syriac Catholics, Armenian Catholics, and Chaldean Catholics. Most Latin Church Catholics in Egypt are expatriates. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa is the presence of Eastern Orthodoxy in Egypt.
Feb 10, 2011 · A little under 2,000 years (chuckling). First of all, I should say that the Catholics are a miniscule minority of the Christians in Egypt: 10% of the Egyptian population is Christian, but it is ...
The Maronite Church (an Eastern Catholic Church) has around 5,000 adherents in Egypt. The Armenian Catholic Church (an Eastern Catholic Church) has around 1,200 adherents in Egypt. The Chaldean Catholic Church (an Eastern Catholic Church) has about 500 members in Egypt.
Feb 22, 2008 · The Coptic Church was able to continue to grow in Egypt and to expand down the Nile River into Sudan and Ethiopia. There are other Christians in Egypt, but these groups are not as numerous as the ...
Apr 27, 2017 · Today, there are various Catholic Christian denominations in Egypt, among them the Coptic Catholic Church, the Armenian Church, the Greek Catholic Church, the Latin Catholics, including the Franciscans, the Maronites, the Assyrian Church and the Chaledean Church.
According to the Bishop, only 500 families now attend Egypt’s three Syrian Catholic churches: “Years ago, there were more.”. Most Syrians are descendants of immigrants who journeyed to Egypt in the 17th century, Bishop Daoud remarked. At that time Egypt was like America is today.
