Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan
The Melkite (Greek) Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction .
It is directly subject to the Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.
It has two cathedrals in Egypt: the Resurrection cathedral in national capital Cairo, its episcopal see, and the Dormition cathedral in Alexandria, the Ancient see of the (here Titular) Patriarch.
History
Established in 1997 as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan, countries previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris, pastorally administered as a patriarchal vicariate and from 1991 as patriarchal exarchate.
Although the Ordinary's rank of protosyncellus technically doesn't require a (titular) bishop, even the precursors were episcopal or even archiepiscopal).
- Patriarchal Vicars
(BIOs not elaborated)
- Bishop Basile Kfoury (1837 – 1859.04.05)
- Bishop Ambroise Abdou (1864 – 1866.11.15)
- Archbishop Joannice Massamiri (1864.01.14 – 1870.09.03)
- Bishop Athanase Nasser (1879 – 1902.10.24)
- Bishop Pierre-Macario Saba (later Archbishop) (1903.11.29 – 1919.06.25)
- Archbishop Etienne Soukkarie (1920.04.25 – 1921.11.25)
- Bishop Antonio Farage (later Archbishop) (1922.12.11 – 1928)
- Bishop Dionysios Kfoury, Salvatorian Fathers (B.S.) (1932 – 1954)
- Archbishop Elias Zoghbi (1954.09.02 – 1968.09.09)
- Archbishop Paul Antaki (1968.09.09 – 1991 see below)
- Patriarchal Exarch
- Archbishop Paul Antaki (see above 1991 – 1997 see below), Titular Archbishop of Nubia (see) (1968.09.09 – 2011.12.29)
Renamed in 2013 as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan after the last country seceded from Sudan, so retaining its territory.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Melkite Rite)
- Protosyncelli of Egypt and Sudan
- Paul Antaki (see above 1997 – 2001.06.22)
- Joseph Jules Zerey (2001.06.22 – 2008), Titular Archbishop of Damiata of the Greek-Melkites (2001.06.22 – ...), later Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine) (2008 – ...)
- Protosyncelli of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan
- Georges Bakar (2008 – ...), Titular Archbishop of Pelusium of the Greek-Melkites (2006.02.09 – ...); previously Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine) (2006.02.09 – 2008)