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14-722: The current Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria is Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak , who replaced Antonios Naguib in 2013. The offices of the patriarchate are located in Cairo . The patriarchal Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt is in Nasr City , a suburb of Cairo. Since the Council of Chalcedon in the 5th century and the official separation of the Coptic Church from the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox churches,

28-719: A particular Church in the Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See , which follows the Alexandrian Rite in its own Coptic language . He is thus the superior of all Coptic dioceses, mostly in and around Egypt (where all its sees are), the word Copt(ic) being a corruption of the Greek word for Egypt(ian). It has two cathedral archiepiscopal sees, both in Egypt: one dedicated to Our Lady of Egypt , in

42-621: A Papal visit from Pope Francis in April 2017. Coptic Catholic Apostolic Vicars Coptic Catholic Patriarchs of Alexandria Patriarchate established in 1824 (by Pope Leo XII ) Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag The Eparchy of Sohag is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church , centered in the ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria . The Eparchy

56-595: A hospital, a number of medical dispensaries and clinics, and several orphanages. Relations between the Coptic Catholic Church and the larger Coptic Orthodox Church are generally very good. Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria The Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria is the Patriarchal and only Metropolitan see of the head of the Eastern sui iuris Coptic Catholic Church ,

70-573: A synod, which led to the introduction of some Latin practices. In 1899, Leo appointed Makarios as patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, taking the name Cyril II. He resigned in 1908 at the request of the Pope over a controversy. The patriarchate seat remained vacant until an election in 1947 and was administered by an apostolic administrator. The Coptic Catholic Church sui juris comprises a single ecclesiastical province , covering Egypt alone. The Patriarch

84-516: Is the sole metropolitan archbishop , retaining the ancient title Alexandria but his actual seat is in Egypt's modern capital Cairo . Coptic Catholic Church has eight suffragan bishops, throughout Egypt, comprising the only Coptic Catholic ecclesiastical province : Abu Qurqas , Alexandria (Patriarch's original home seat), Assiut , Giza , Ismailia , Luxor , Minya and Sohag . The Coptic Catholic Church does not have Coptic monasteries . Instead

98-509: The Catholic Church has attempted to achieve reunion with the Copts in Egypt many times. During the Council of Florence in 1442, the Coptic delegates present agreed to a reunion with the papacy in Rome, but the Coptic populace was opposed to the idea, and the union did not take effect. Further failed attempts at reunion were undertaken by Coptic delegates in 1560 and 1582. In the 17th century, at

112-973: The Church has religious congregations such as the three communities for women: the Sisters of the Sacred Heart , the Coptic Sisters of Jesus and Mary (both based in Egypt ) and the Egyptian Province of the Little Sisters of Jesus . There is also a community of male Franciscans and Jesuits . Most candidates for the priesthood are trained at St. Leo's Patriarchal Seminary  [ ar ] , in suburban Cairo. More than 100 Coptic Catholic parishes administer primary schools, and some have secondary schools as well. The church maintains

126-607: The Coptic bishop, Anba Athanasius of Jerusalem , became a Catholic. In 1781, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XIV as vicar apostolic of the fewer than 2,000 Egyptian Coptic Catholics. Eventually, Athanasius returned to the Coptic Orthodox Church and others served as Catholic vicar apostolic. Under the assumption that the Ottoman viceroy wanted a Catholic patriarch for the Coptic Catholics in 1824,

140-632: The Pope established the Patriarchate of Alexandria from the Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus but it was basically titular . The Ottomans in 1829 allowed the Coptic Catholics to build their own churches. The number of Catholics of this rite increased to the point that Leo XIII in 1895 restored the Catholic patriarchate. He initially named Bishop Cyril Makarios as patriarchal vicar. Makarios then presided over

154-570: The behest of Pope Urban VIII , Catholic missionaries (primarily Franciscans ) started to come to Egypt. In 1630, a number of missions of the Capuchin Order were founded in the Levant by Joseph of Paris, including in Cairo. Although the mission in Cairo initially faced setbacks, tensions with the local Coptic priesthood were minimized with the arrival of Capuchin priest Agathangelo of Vendome to

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168-614: The city in 1633. Initial relations between Catholics and Copts in Egypt were poor. One Coptic councilor in 1637 referred to the Roman Church in Egypt as "a brothel". Attempts to excommunicate Catholic offenders in the city were seemingly fruitless. Agathangelo would later be hanged as a martyr in Ethiopia by order of the Ethiopian king in 1638, and the mission in Cairo would start to decline. The Jesuits came in 1675. In 1741,

182-670: The national capital Cairo , the other dedicated to the Resurrection , in Ancient Alexandria . It had three false starts, each failing to prove enduring. In 1947 it was restored for good. It lost territories in Egypt repeatedly to establish suffragan sees of Alexandria as Metropolitan: It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope John Paul II in February 2000 and from Pope Francis in April 2017. The patriarchal see as such ranks third among all Catholic (arch)bishoprics of

196-908: The world (only after the Apostolic See of Rome and the Catholic Patriarch of Constantinople ), by the virtue of Canon Law ( CCEO 58, 59.2). His proper (arch)eparchy is the Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria, which has no other Ordinary than the Patriarch. However, he may appoint an Auxiliary bishop for the eparchy, distinct from Auxiliaries for the Patriarchate, as was the case with: As of 2014, it served 35,865 Eastern Catholics in 31 parishes with 73 priests (41 diocesan, 32 religious), 209 lay religious (65 brothers, 144 sisters) and 5 seminarians. It enjoyed

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