Suffragan eparchy Guizeh, Egypt
Diocese of Guizeh
Gizen(sis)
Coptic Catholic Church
The Eparchy of Giza (Guizeh) is a Coptic Catholic eparchy in Egypt, erected on 21 March 2003 as a suffragan of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint George, and it is led by Eparch Toma Adly Zaki.
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- Established
- 2003
- Catholics
- 6,295
- Priests
- 12
Parishes and churches
8 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Church of St. Anthony the Great, Star of the Desert (al-Qiddis Antonius al-Kabir Kawkab al-Bariya)IhnasiyaView parish
- Church of St. George (Mar Girgis)GizaView parish
- Church of St. Mark (al-Qiddis Marqus)Al-NasiriyaView parish
- Church of St. Paul (al-Qiddis Bulus)Ezbet Shukr (Kufur al-Nil)View parish
- Church of St. Peter (al-Qiddis Butrus)Beni SuefView parish
- Church of the Holy Family (al-Aila al-Muqaddasa)FayoumView parish
- Church of the Virgin Mother of Light (al-Adhra Umm al-Nur)ImbabaView parish
- Church of the Virgin Queen of Peace (al-Adhra Sultanat al-Salam)AusimView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Toma Adly Zaki
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint George, Giza stands in Guizeh, 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
An Eastern Catholic diocese in Giza, the Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Giza or Guizeh belongs to the sole ecclesiastical province, covering all Egypt, of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, who heads the Coptic Catholic Church, a particular church sui iuris of the Alexandrian Rite. Saint George cathedral in Giza, within the metropolitan area of the national capital Cairo, serves as its episcopal see.