Diocese of Sohag
Sohagen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Coptic Church · Sohag, Egypt
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Coptic Church
- Erected
- 13 September 1981
- Latin
- Sohagen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003081
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,320
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 597
- Extent
- 5,234 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
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
- Eparch
- Thomas Halim Habib
- Born
- 6 July 1963
- Birthplace
- Sohag
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 Christ the King, Sohag stands in Sohag, 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.
The province of Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria
A suffragan of Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria.
The sees of this province:
- Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of AlexandriaAlessandria
- Diocese of AssiutAssiut
- Diocese of GuizehGuizeh
- Diocese of IsmayliahIsmailia
- Diocese of MinyaMinya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Sohag is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of 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].