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Catholics in Egypt belong to seven distinct ritual Particular Churches sui iuris, the largest being the Coptic Catholic Church, led by its Patriarch of Alexandria. The majority of the Christians in Egypt are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria .
The Coptic Catholic Church's almost 164,000 members are in Egypt, particularly in Upper Egypt. In the 18th century, a Coptic Orthodox bishop became Catholic and the Pope appointed him Vicar Apostolic of the small community of Egyptian Coptic Catholics, which at that time numbered no more than 2,000.
Proportionally, Lebanon has the highest rate of Christians in the Middle East, where the percentage ranges between 39% and 40.5%, followed directly by Egypt where most likely Christians (especially ethnic Copts) account for about 10 percent, while in total the largest absolute figures.
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.
Apr 26, 2017 · Our Lady of Zeitoun and Christianity in Egypt. It is estimated that from 1968 to 1971, at least one million Egyptians (and numerous foreigners) saw a luminous female figure atop the roof of St ...
Oct 11, 2011 · EGYPT. Most Christians in Egypt are Copts - Christians descended from the ancient Egyptians. Their Church split from the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches in 451AD because of a...
Father Douglas May: The Catholic churches of Egypt and the Middle East have an advantage in that they, through the Vatican, are networked with the rest of the world — especially with the West. They also have a more “global” point of view than most Orthodox churches.
