Recent Events

Bishop Pablo León Hakimian, Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) and Apostolic Exarch of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil), passed away at 70

Bishop Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh, Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in the United States and Canada of the Copts

Archbishop Bruno Musarò resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Fr. Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla was consecrated as Bishop of Al Qusia of the Copts (Egypt)

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Oman

Fr. Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh was consecrated as Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 76

Fr. Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh, Priest of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla, Priest of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Al Qusia of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Al Qusia of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Danial Lofty Khella resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Greek-Melkite Rite) was suppressed (Egypt)

Patriarch Youssef Absi, resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites

Sr. Maria Carola Cecchin (Fiorina), S.S.G.C., was beatified

Bishop Emmanuel Ayad Bishay, Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Copts

Bishop Thomas Halim Habib, Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Oceania and the Gulf Countries of the Copts

Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, O.F.M., was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in the United States and Canada of the Copts

Diocese of Al Qusia (Coptic Rite) was established (from Diocese of Assiut and became suffragan of Alexandria) (Egypt)

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe, Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Al Qusia of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Danial Lofty Khella, Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt) and Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Jean-Marie Chami was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado, resigned as Protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Jean-Marie Chami, Priest of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Élie Joseph Warde was consecrated as Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Fr. Élie Joseph Warde was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Fr. Rafic Nahra was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Cardinal Antonios I Naguib, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 87

Fr. Rafic Nahra, Priest of Paris (France), was elected Titular Bishop of Verbe and Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Youhanna Golta, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 85

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt and Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)

Msgr. Thomas Halim Habib was consecrated as Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Archbishop Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M., Undersecretary emeritus of Congregation for the Oriental Churches, passed away at 88

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe, Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Youhanna Golta resigned as Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Msgr. Thomas Halim Habib, Priest of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.J., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt and Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Botros Fahim Awad Hanna resigned as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

Fr. Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.J., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

Fr. Elia Eskandr Abd Elmalak, O.F.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Alexandria of Egypt (Egypt)

Msgr. Yoannis Lahzi Gaid resigned as Second Private Secretary of the Pope

Bishop-elect Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Bishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche, Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan), passed away at 70

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Fr. Bechara Giuda Matarana, O.F.M., was consecrated as Bishop of Abu Qurqas of the Copts (Egypt)

Cardinal Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico

Diocese of Abu Qurqas (Coptic Rite) was established (from Diocese of Minya and became suffragan of Alexandria) (Egypt)

Fr. Bechara Giuda Matarana, O.F.M., was elected Bishop of Abu Qurqas of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr., Titular Archbishop of Nepte, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico

Fr. Danial Lofty Khella was consecrated as Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Archbishop Bruno Musarò, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica

Fr. Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe was consecrated as Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)