Suffragan eparchy Assiut, Egypt
Diocese of Assiut
Lycopolitan(us)
Coptic Catholic Church
The Eparchy of Assiut is a Coptic Catholic (Alexandrian Rite) eparchy in Upper Egypt, erected in 1947 and part of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria. Its cathedral is the Mother of Divine Grace Cathedral in Asyut.
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- Established
- 1947
- Catholics
- 26,670
- Priests
- 34
Parishes and churches
39 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of the Mother of Divine Love (كاتدرائية أم المحبة الإلهية)Asyut · CathedralView parish
- Church of Our Lady of Mercy (كنيسة سيدة الرحمة)Al-Nasriya, Al-FathView parish
- Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Al-Hamra (كنيسة سيدة الانتقال بالحمراء)Deir Dronka, AsyutView parish
- Church of St. Anthony the Great (كنيسة الأنبا أنطونيوس الكبير)AsyutView parish
- Church of St. George (كنيسة مارجرجس)Beblaw, DairutView parish
- Church of St. George (كنيسة مارجرجس)Abu TigView parish
- Church of St. George (كنيسة مارجرجس)Ezbet El-Nasr, DairutView parish
- Church of St. George (كنيسة مارجرجس)Kom Boha, DairutView parish
- Church of St. George (كنيسة مارجرجس)Tall Awlad Seraj, Al-FathView parish
- Church of St. George, Al-Aziya (كنيسة مارجرجس)Al-Aziya, ManfalutView parish
- Church of St. George, Al-Balayza (كنيسة مارجرجس)Al-Balayza, Abu TigView parish
- Church of St. George, Al-Hamra (كنيسة مارجرجس بالحمراء)Dronka, AsyutView parish
- Church of St. George, Al-Shanaina (كنيسة مارجرجس)Al-Shanaina, SidfaView parish
- Church of St. George, Kom Abu Hagar (كنيسة مارجرجس)Kom Abu Hagar, SidfaView parish
- Church of St. George, Zarabi (كنيسة مارجرجس)Zarabi, Al-QusiyaView parish
- Church of St. Joseph (كنيسة القديس يوسف)Al-Mashayaa, Al-GhanayemView parish
- Church of St. Thérèse (كنيسة القديسة تريزا)DairutView parish
- Church of the Archangel Michael (كنيسة الملاك ميخائيل)Bani Shoqair, ManfalutView parish
- Church of the Holy Family, Al-Barba (كنيسة العائلة المقدسة)Al-Barba, SidfaView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)El-Manshah El-Kobra, Al-QusiyaView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Al-GhanayemView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Al-Wasta, Al-FathView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Bani Mohamadiyat, AbnubView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin, Abu Khars (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Abu Khars, Abu TigView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin, Al-Azayza (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Al-Azayza, Al-GhanayemView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin, Al-Hamra (كنيسة السيدة العذراء بالحمراء)AsyutView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin, Al-Nakhayla (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Al-Nakhayla, Abu TigView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin, Al-Zarabi (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Al-Zarabi, Abu TigView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin, Bani Fiz (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Bani Fiz, SidfaView parish
- Church of the Holy Virgin, Buwait (كنيسة السيدة العذراء)Buwait, Sahel SelimView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Daniel Lotfy Khella
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The cathedral
Mother of Divine Grace Cathedral, Asyut stands in Assiut, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Among the sees of the Coptic Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Alexandrian Rite in full communion with the Holy See, is the suffragan Eparchy of Asyut, also called Lycopolis. Its cathedral, the Mother of Divine Grace Cathedral, stands in the city of Asyut (historic Lycopolis), capital of Egypt's Asyut Governorate.