Coptic Church

Eastern-Rite sui juris Catholic Church

Tradition: Alexandrian Rite

Type: Patriarchal

Canonical Territory: Egypt

Population: 167,000

Official Languages: Egyptian, Coptic

 

Patriarchal See: Alexandria (Egypt)

Synod: Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church

 

Saints: 1 Saint

Jurisdictions (10): Patriarchates Patriarchate (1), Dioceses Diocese (9)


Egypt Egypt: Alexandria, Abu Qurqas, Al Qusia, Alexandria, Assiut, Guizeh, Ismayliah, Luqsor, Minya, Sohag

 

by Type | Changes in Jurisdictions

Patriarch ([2013.01.15] 2013.01.18 – ...):Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (70)Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (70)

President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church

President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

Bishop of Curia (2019.06.14 – ...):Bishop Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos (51)Bishop Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos (51)

Titular Bishop of Cabasa

Apostolic Visitator in the United States and Canada (2023.12.16 – ...):Bishop Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh (54)Bishop Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh (54)

Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Apostolic Visitator in Oceania and the Gulf Countries (2022.09.30 – ...):Bishop Thomas Halim Habib (62)Bishop Thomas Halim Habib (62)

Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Apostolic Visitator in Europe (2022.09.30 – ...):Bishop Emmanuel Ayad Bishay (53)Bishop Emmanuel Ayad Bishay (53)

Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Retired Patriarch Patriarch (1): Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (70)Sedrak

Retired Bishop Bishops (13)

Living Prelates | Appointments | Officials

Last updated on 2025.09.08

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