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Suffragan eparchy Sohag, Egypt

Diocese of Sohag

Sohagen(sis)

The Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag is an Alexandrian Rite eparchy in Upper Egypt, erected on 13 September 1981. It belongs to the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria.

On the map

Esri
Sohag, Egypt, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1981
Catholics
14,320
Priests
24
Territory
5,234 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Eparch
Thomas Halim Habib
Born
6 July 1963
Birthplace
Sohag

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Christ the King, Sohag stands in Sohag, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Sohag is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria.

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