Catholic Church in Egypt 🇪🇬

By Type (16)

Patriarchal Sees (Patriarchates) (1)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (13)

Apostolic Vicariates (1)

Territories Dependent on the Patriarch Patriarchal Territory (1)

By Rite

Roman Rite (1): Alexandria of Egypt–Heliopolis of Egypt–Port-Said

Armenian Church (1): Iskanderiya

Chaldean Church (1): Cairo

Coptic Church (10): Abu Qurqas, Al Qusia, Alexandria, Alexandria, Assiut, Guizeh, Ismayliah, Luqsor, Minya, Sohag

Greek-Melkite Church (1): Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan

Maronite Church (1): Cairo

Syriac Church (1): Cairo

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Nunciature: Egypt

Holy See Representation: League of Arab States (LAS)

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques Latins dans les Régions Arabes (C.E.L.R.A.)

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Maronite Church

Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Assembly of Ordinaries: Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Conseil des Patriarches Catholiques d’Orient (C.P.C.O.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

2017.04.28 – 2017.04.29: Apostolic Journey to Cairo, Egypt
2000.02.24 – 2000.02.26: Jubilee Pilgrimage to Mount Sinai

Geography

Continents: Western and Northern Africa, Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Cairo

Area: 995,450 km²

Population: 97,041,072

Neighbouring Countries: ← Libya , ↗ Israel , → Jordan , → Saudi Arabia , ↓ Sudan

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10%

Languages: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

Ethnic Groups: Egyptian 99.7%, other 0.3%

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 1,001,449 km²

Catholic Population: 348,000 Catholics (0.3% of 105,174,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 262 parishes, 50 mission stations (without resident priest), 14 other centres

Clergy: 22 bishops (13 diocesan, 9 titular), 500 priests (294 diocesan, 206 religious), 7 permanent deacons (4 diocesan, 3 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,081 religious (69 brothers, 1,012 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (sister), 74 major seminarians, 111 missionaries, 2,771 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists