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The Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia is organised into two Coptic Orthodox dioceses with over 50 parishes, three monasteries, two theological colleges and four schools. The church is a member of the National Council of Churches in Australia. According to the 2006 Census of Australia, there were a total of 19,928 followers of Coptic Orthodoxy nationally.[citation needed] Currently, the church has as many as 100,000 members in Australia (in Sydney alone it is estimated that there are 70,000 Copts, with numbers in Melbourne in the tens of thousands).[1]
Dioceses
[edit]- Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions led by Bishop Anba Suriel since 1999: Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New Zealand, Fiji
- Diocese of Sydney and Affiliated Regions led by Bishop Anba Daniel since 2002: New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Mainland China, Indonesia
See also
[edit]- Coptic Australians
- List of Coptic Orthodox churches in Australia
- List of Coptic Orthodox popes of Alexandria
- Patriarch of Alexandria
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
- Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- Coptic Orthodox Church in Europe
- Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Copts
- Coptic alphabet
- Coptic calendar
- Coptic art
- Coptic language
- Coptic music
- Fasting and abstinence of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Coptic Orphans
- Coptic diaspora
- Coptic Americans
- Coptic Canadians
References
[edit]- ^ In 2003, there were an estimated 70,000 Copts in New South Wales alone: - https://web.archive.org/web/20050306102657/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20031112040. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of NSW - Legislative Council. 12 November 2003. p. Page: 4772: - Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust Amendment Bill. Archived from the original on 6 March 2005.
((cite book)):|archiveurl=missing title (help) Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Australia 1969-1995 by Fr Matthew Attia (formerly Maged Attia)
External links
[edit]- Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne
- St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Canberra
- Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney
- Pope Tawadros II
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