Suffragan eparchy Luxor, Egypt
Diocese of Luqsor
Theban(us)
Coptic Catholic Church
The Eparchy of Luqsor (Luxor) is a Coptic Catholic eparchy in Upper Egypt, erected on 26 November 1895. It belongs to the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria and is led by Eparch Emmanuel Ayad Bishay, with its seat at St. Michael Cathedral in Luxor.
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- Established
- 1895
- Catholics
- 22,600
- Priests
- 36
Parishes and churches
21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Saint-Michel (Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel)Luxor · CathedralView parish
- Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (كنيسة سيدة لورد)Nag HammadiView parish
- Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (كنيسة سيدة الانتقال)Kom OmboView parish
- Church of St. Anthony of Padua (كنيسة القديس أنطونيوس البدواني)NaqadaView parish
- Church of St. Anthony of Padua (كنيسة القديس أنطونيوس البدواني) - Armant el-HeitArmant (el-Heit)View parish
- Church of St. Francis of Assisi (كنيسة القديس فرنسيس الأسيزي) - Hagez el-RizeiqatLuxor (el-Rizeiqat)View parish
- Church of St. Joseph (كنيسة القديس يوسف)HurghadaView parish
- Church of St. Joseph (كنيسة القديس يوسف)DarawView parish
- Church of St. Joseph and the Holy Family (كنيسة القديس يوسف والعائلة المقدسة) - GaragosQus (Garagos)View parish
- Church of the Archangel Michael (كنيسة رئيس الملائكة ميخائيل) - el-RayaniyaArmant (el-Rayaniya)View parish
- Church of the Archangel Michael (كنيسة رئيس الملائكة ميخائيل) - Nag el-Sayagh el-SawaqiLuxor (Nag el-Sayagh)View parish
- Church of the Coptic Catholics (كنيسة الأقباط الكاثوليك)AswanView parish
- Church of the Holy Family (كنيسة العائلة المقدسة)FarshutView parish
- Church of the Holy Family (كنيسة العائلة المقدسة)EsnaView parish
- Church of the Holy Family (كنيسة العائلة المقدسة)LuxorView parish
- Church of the Holy Family (كنيسة العائلة المقدسة)QenaView parish
- Church of the Martyr St. George (كنيسة الشهيد مارجرجس)LuxorView parish
- Church of the Martyr St. George (كنيسة الشهيد مارجرجس) - Armant el-WaburatArmant (el-Waburat)View parish
- Church of the Martyr St. George (كنيسة الشهيد مارجرجس) - Hagaza QibliQus (Hagaza Qibli)View parish
- Church of the Queen of Angels (كنيسة سلطانة الملائكة) - el-TuwairatQena (el-Tuwairat)View parish
- Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Daniel Comboni (كنيسة السيدة العذراء والقديس دانيال كميوني)AswanView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Emmanuel Bishay
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Michael (Cathedrale Saint-Michel), Luxor stands in Luxor, 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
Historically known as the Eparchy of Thebes (Latin: Eparchia Thebana), this suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) belongs to the Coptic Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. Its jurisdiction takes in the southern governorates of Egypt, with the episcopal see at Luxor, the ancient Thebes. Emmanuel Bishay is the current eparch.