Coptic Church

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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. 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

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

Fr. Danial Lofty Khella, Priest of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Makarios Tewfik resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe, Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos, Priest of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Bishop Makarios Tewfik, Bishop of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Ismayliah of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Toma Adly Zaki, Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir, Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Toma Adly Zaki was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cabasa

Fr. Milad Sidqi was appointed as General Secretary of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Toma Adly Zaki, General Secretary of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt, was elected Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh of the Copts (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 Apostolic Administrator of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina resigned as Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Emmanuel Ayad Bishay was consecrated as Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Emmanuel Ayad Bishay, Priest of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, Bishop of Luqsor of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 66

Fr. Toma Adly Zaki was appointed as General Secretary of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

Bishop Morkos Hakim, O.F.M., Bishop emeritus of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 83

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

Bishop Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Titular Bishop of Mareotes and Bishop of Curia of the Copts, was appointed as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Bishop of Curia of the Copts, was appointed as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Cardinal Antonios I Naguib resigned as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

Bishop Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was elected 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)

Msgr. Yoannis Lahzi Gaid was appointed as Chaplain of His Holiness

Patriarch Antonios I Naguib, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt, was created Cardinal-Patriarch

Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, Cardinal-Patriarch and Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 89

Bishop-elect Botros Fahim Awad Hanna was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mareotes and Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Bishop-elect Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mareotes and Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Fr. Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Patriarch Antonios I Naguib was granted ecclesiastical communion by the Pope as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), President of Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church and President of Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt

Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, resigned as 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)

Bishop Antonios Naguib was elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina, Titular Bishop of Mareotes and Bishop of Curia of the Copts, was appointed as Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, resigned as President of Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East

Bishop Andraos Salama, Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt), passed away at 74

Fr. Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos was appointed as Priest of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Youssef Aboul-Kheir was consecrated as Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop-elect Youssef Aboul-Kheir, Priest of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Morkos Hakim, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Youssef Aboul-Kheir, Priest of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Sohag of the Copts (Egypt)

Diocese of Guizeh (Coptic Rite) was established (from Diocese of Alexandria and became suffragan of Alexandria) (Egypt)

Bishop Andraos Salama, Titular Bishop of Barca, was appointed as Bishop of Guizeh of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop-elect Antonios Aziz Mina was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mareotes and Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, 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 President of Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East

Bishop-elect Antonios Aziz Mina, Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Titular Bishop of Mareotes and Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Fr. Antonios Aziz Mina, Priest of Minya of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Curia of the Copts

Fr. Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak was consecrated as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop-elect Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, Priest of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was appointed as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Bishop Antonios Naguib resigned as Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, Priest of Alexandria of the Copts (Egypt), was elected Bishop of Minya of the Copts (Egypt)

Fr. Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh was appointed as Priest of Assiut of the Copts (Egypt)