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Suffragan eparchy Ismailia, Egypt

Diocese of Ismayliah

Ismailien(sis)

Coptic Catholic Church

The Eparchy of Ismayliah is a Coptic Rite Catholic eparchy in Egypt, established on 17 December 1982 from the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria, which remains its metropolitan. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saint Mark in Ismailia.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint Mark, Ismailia, in Ismailia, Egypt.

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Established
1982
Catholics
10,420
Priests
20

Parishes and churches

17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Eparch
Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh
Born
19 February 1971
Birthplace
Assiut

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Mark, Ismailia stands in Ismailia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Centered in the city of Ismailia, the Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Ismaylia (Latin: Eparchia Ismailiensis) is an Eastern Catholic diocese of the Coptic Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See (the Catholic Church). Its jurisdiction reaches across the Canal Zone (Ismailia, Port Said, and Suez), the Sinai Peninsula, and the Sharqia Governorate. The eparchy follows the Alexandrian Rite and stands as a suffragan see of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria.