Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya

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The Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Coptic Catholic Church (Alexandrian Rite in Coptic language) in its sole ecclesiastical province, that of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria (whose see is in Cairo).

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It has its episcopal see the cathedral of Christ King located in Minya, the capital of the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt.

History

Established on 26 Nov 1895 as an Eparchy (Diocese) of Minya (Curiate Italian Ermopoli Maggiore), the territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt.

Ordinaries

(Coptic Rite)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Minya

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