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The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria (or Iskanderiya) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholicdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Armenian Rite in Armenian language), in the Patriarch's own 'ecclesiastical province of Cilicia' (actually based in Beirut, Lebanon), covering Egypt and Sudan.

The Annunciation Cathedral, Cairo

Its cathedral is the Annunciation Cathedral is in Cairo and not in Alexandria as the title of the eparchy states.

History

Established in 1885 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Iskanderiya / Alexandria, on territory separated for the particular church sui iuris from the Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt.

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Alexandria (Iskanderiya) (of the Armenians)

List of Churches

List of Armenian Catholic churches in Egypt[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "كنيسة الأرمن". الكنيسة الكاثوليكية بمصر (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ "أبرشية الأرمن الكاثوليك بالإسكندرية Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria 2021". Retrieved 2021-11-11.

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