Diocese of Cairo, Egypt (Maronite Rite)

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cairo / Le Caire (français) / Cahiren(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1946.06.22: Established as Diocese of Cairo / Le Caire (français) / Cahiren(sis) Maronitarum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.06.16 – ...):

Bishop Georges Chihane (71)

Apostolic Visitator in Northern Africa of the Maronites

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cairo (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Georges Chihane (71)
(2012.06.16 – ...)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)
Apostolic Visitator in Northern Africa of the Maronites

Born:	1953.05.31 (Haret Sakhr, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1979.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.28

Priest of Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1979.08.12 – 1999.06.05)

Priest of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1999.06.05 – 2012.06.16)

Patriarchal Administrator of Haifa and Holy Land of the Maronites (Israel) (2011.06.06 – 2012.06.16)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine of the Maronites (Palestine) (2011.06.06 – 2012.06.16)

Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan of the Maronites (Jordan) (2011.06.06 – 2012.06.16)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt) (2012.06.16 – ...)

Apostolic Visitator in Northern Africa of the Maronites (2014.01.13 – ...)

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M. (81)
(2005.12.28 – 2012.06.16)

Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Born:	1943.07.24 (Mtolleh, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1971.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.11

Procurator at Rome of the Maronites (1970? – 2005.12.28)

Superior General of Mariamite Maronite Order (Aleppians) (1999 – 2005.07)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt) ([2005.09.24] 2005.12.28 – 2012.06.16)

Procurator at Rome of the Maronites (2012.06.16 – 2019.06.15)

Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites (2015.04.13 – 2018.10.11)

Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites (2015.04.13 – 2018.10.11)

Bishop Joseph Dergham
(1989.06.05 – 2005.09.18)

Born:	1930.04.23 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1959.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.16
Died:	2015.10.28 († 85)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt) (1989.06.05 – 2005.09.18)

Bishop Joseph Merhi, L.M.
(1972.08.24 – 1989.06.05)

Born:	1912.01.18 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1936.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.08.26
Died:	2006.03.30 († 94)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt) (1972.08.24 – 1989.06.05)

Bishop Pietro Dib
(1946.07.30 – 1965.11.04)

Born:	1881.06.13 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1907.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.07.05
Died:	1965.11.04 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites (1946.04.27 – 1946.07.30)

Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt) (1946.07.30 – 1965.11.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale maronite de Saint-Joseph, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

Haifa and Holy Land (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 6,413 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes

Personnel: 9 priests (6 diocesan, 3 religious), 3 religious (3 brothers)

Maronite Diocese of

Cairo

Egypt , South Sudan , Sudan

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)