Diocese of Luqsor, Egypt (Coptic Rite)

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Coptic (Alexandrian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Luqsor / Tebe / Luxor (English) / Thèbes-Louxor (français) / Theban(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Alexandria

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1895.11.26: Established as Diocese of Luqsor / Tebe / Luxor (English) / Thèbes-Louxor (français) / Theban(us) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria and became suffragan of Alexandria)
1947.08.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Assiut
1981.09.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sohag

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.04.16 – ...):

Bishop Emmanuel Ayad Bishay (52)

Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Copts

Ordinaries

Bishops of Luqsor (Coptic Rite)

Bishop Emmanuel Ayad Bishay (52)
(2016.04.16 – ...)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)
Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Copts

Born:	1972.01.05 (Kom Gharg, Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1995.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.06.10

Priest of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt) (1995.09.25 – 2016.04.16)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (2016.04.16 – ...)

Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Copts (2022.09.30 – ...)

Bishop Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir
(1994.06.23 – 2015.12.27)

Born:	1949.08.12 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1973.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.01.29
Died:	2015.12.27 († 66)

Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt) (1992.11.23 – 1994.06.23)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (1994.06.23 – 2015.12.27)

Bishop Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J.
(1986.07.15 – 1994.03.12)

Born:	1923.06.27 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.06.24
Died:	1994.03.12 († 70)

Coadjutor Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt) (1983.05.19 – 1986.07.15)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (1986.07.15 – 1994.03.12)

Bishop Amba Andraos Ghattas, C.M. (later Cardinal)
(1967.05.08 – 1986.06.09)

Born:	1920.01.16 (Cheick Zein-el-Dine, Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1944.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.09
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2009.01.20 (Cairo, Egypt † 89)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (1967.05.08 – 1986.06.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1984.02.24 – 1986.06.09)

President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church (1985 – 2006.03.30)

President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt (1985 – 2006.03.30)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) ([1986.06.09] 1986.06.23 – 2006.03.30)

Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2009.01.20)

President of Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East (2003 – 2006)

Bishop Isaac Ghattas (later Archbishop)
(1949.06.21 – 1967.05.08)

Born:	1909.06.20 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1932.02.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.10.02
Died:	1977.06.08 († 67)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (1949.06.21 – 1967.05.08)

Archbishop-Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt) (1967.05.08 – 1977.06.08)

Bishop Marc Khouzam (later Patriarch)
(1926.08.06 – 1947.08.10)

Born:	1888.04.25 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1911.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.11.30
Died:	1958.02.02 († 69)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (1926.08.06 – 1947.08.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1927.12.30 – 1947.08.10)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt) (1947.08.10 – 1958.02.02)

Bishop Ignazio Gladès Berzi
(1896.03.06 – 1925.01.29)

Born:	1867.01.07 (Egypt)
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.03.29
Died:	1925.01.29 († 58)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt) (1896.03.06 – 1925.01.29)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Youannès Malak (1978.11.04 – 1982)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. (1955.12.08 – 1965.03.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Michel, Luxor, Luxor

Sohag (↖)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 22,600 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 36 priests (20 diocesan, 16 religious), 87 religious (17 brothers, 70 sisters), 4 seminarians

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