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 .
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
Basile Pierre Habra (1963.07.06 – retired 1965.12.03), previously Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06)
Basile Moussa Daoud (1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1994.07.01] 1994.07.06 – 1998.10.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1998.10.13] 1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), emeritate as Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07), created Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07)
Clément-Joseph Hannouche (1995.06.24 – 2020.04.09), also Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan (1997 – 2020.04.09)
Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan , Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo, Egypt (15 April, 2020 - Present), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan.
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
Source and External links
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