Coptic Diocese of

Alexandria

Egypt

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Coptic (Alexandrian)

Type: Diocese Diocese , Proper eparchy of the Coptic Patriarch

Name: Alexandria / Alexandrin(us) Coptorum (Latin)

Governed by: Patriarchal See of Alexandria

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ismayliah (→), Guizeh (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1741: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria / Alexandrin(us) Coptorum (Latin)
1895.11.26: Promoted as Diocese of Alexandria / Alexandrin(us) Coptorum (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Luqsor and Diocese of Minya and became suffragan of Alexandria)
1982.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ismayliah
2003.03.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guizeh

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Patriarch ([2013.01.15] 2013.01.18 – ...):

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (70)

President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church

President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alexandria (Coptic Rite)

Bishop Cyrillus Macaire (later Patriarch)
(1895.03.18 – 1899.06.19)

Born:	1867.02.19 (Scenaineh, Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1891
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.04.17
Died:	1921.05.18 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Cæsarea Paneas (1895.03.15 – 1899.06.19)

Bishop of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1895.03.18 – 1899.06.19)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1899.06.19 – 1908.05.18)

Vicars Apostolic of Alexandria (Coptic Rite)

Fr. Antoun Kabes
(1892.12 – 1895)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1892.12 – 1895)

Fr. Simon Barraia
(1889.08 – 1892.12)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1889.08 – 1892.12)

Fr. Antoun Nabad
(1887 – 1889)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1887 – 1889)

Bishop Abraham Agabio Bsciai
(1866.02.27 – 1878)

Born:	1831.04.15 (Hammas, Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1856.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1866.04.15
Died:	1887.02.20 († 55)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1866.02.27 – 1878)

Titular Bishop of Cariopolis (1866.02.27 – 1887.02.20)

Bishop Athanase Khouzan
(1855.10.02 – 1864.02.17)

Ordained Priest:	1836.10.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.12.23
Died:	1864.02.17

Titular Bishop of Maronia (1855.10.02 – 1864.02.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1855.10.02 – 1864.02.17)

Bishop Théodore Abou-Karim
(1832.06.22 – 1855.09.28)

Born:	(Girgeh, Egypt)
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.07.24
Died:	1855.09.28

Titular Bishop of Alia (1832.06.22 – 1855.09.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1832.06.22 – 1855.09.28)

Patriarch Maximus Givaid
(1824.08.15 – 1831.08.30)

Born:	1778.04.02 (Girgette, Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1806
Consecrated Bishop:	1825.11.13
Died:	1831.08.30 († 53)

Titular Bishop of Uthina (1824.03.09 – 1824.08.15)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (1824.08.15 – 1831.08.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1824.08.15 – 1831.08.30)

Fr. Mathieu Righet
(1788.04.21 – 1822)

Died:

1822

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1788.04.21 – 1822)

Titular Bishop of Utica (1815.03.20 – 1822 not possessed)

Bishop Jean Farargi
(1781 – 1788)

Died:

1788

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1781 – 1788)

Bishop Athanasios
(1741 – 1744)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1741 – 1744)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Youhanna Kabès (1958.06.07 – 1985.06.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d’Egypte, Cairo, Cairo
Cathedral: Cathédrale de la Résurrection, Alexandria, Alexandria

Ismayliah (→), Guizeh (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 45,550 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes

Personnel: 45 priests (diocesan), 2 deacons, 205 religious (43 brothers, 162 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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