Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Cairo

The Syrian (or Syriac) Catholic Eparchy of Cairo (informally Cairo of the Syrians) is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Syrian Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) covering Egypt.

It is immediately dependent on the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the cathdral of the Rosary in Egyptian national capital Cairo.

History

Established on 3 December 1965 on territory previously without proper Odrinary of the particular church.

Ordinaries

(all Syrian Rite)

Eparchs (Bishops) of Cairo

Source and External links

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