Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria
Alexandrin(us) Coptorum
Patriarchal Church · Coptic Catholic Church · Alessandria, Egypt
Patriarchal see of the Coptic Catholic Church, first established as the Patriarchate of Alexandria on 15 August 1824, restored in 1895 and definitively in 1947. Though titled Alexandria, the patriarch resides in Cairo at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt; it is the sole metropolitan see of the Coptic Catholic Church with suffragan eparchies across Egypt. Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak was elected on 15 January 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Patriarchal Church
- Tradition
- Coptic Catholic Church
- Erected
- 15 August 1824
- Latin
- Alexandrin(us) Coptorum
- Annuario code
- 001000540
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,865
- Priests
- 283
- Catholics per priest
- 127
- Extent
- 1,010,408 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Patriarch
- His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt, Cairo stands in Alessandria, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of the Resurrection, Alexandria.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AssiutAssiut
- Diocese of GuizehGuizeh
- Diocese of IsmayliahIsmailia
- Diocese of MinyaMinya
- Diocese of SohagSohag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The sole metropolitan see of the Coptic Catholic Church, a sui iuris particular church in full communion with the Holy See of the Catholic Church, is the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria. Worship follows the Alexandrian Rite in the Coptic language, and the patriarchate's archbishop is the superior of all Coptic Catholic dioceses, which lie in and around Egypt. Two cathedrals serve the patriarchate, both within Egypt: Our Lady of Egypt in Cairo, the national capital, and the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Alexandria.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].