List of cathedrals in Egypt

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Saint Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Aswan.

This is the list of cathedrals in Egypt sorted by denomination.

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Coptic Orthodox

Eastern Orthodox

Catholic

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Saint Catherine's Latin Catholic Cathedral in Alexandria.

Anglican/Episcopal

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria</span> Head of the Coptic Church from 1959 to 1971

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria also called Abba Kyrillos VI, Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲋ̅ ; was the 116th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 10 May 1959 to his death.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria</span> African church

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coptic Orthodox Church in Asia</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria</span>

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The Church of the Virgin Mary in Haret Zuweila is the oldest church in the district of Haret Zuweila, near the Fatimid section of Cairo. It was probably built around the AD 10th century, though it is first mentioned in writing in the early 12th century on the occasion of the consecration of the new bishop of Cairo under Macarius' Papacy. The Church of the Virgin Mary in Haret Zuweila was the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria from c. 1400 AD to 1520 AD.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Lady of Warraq</span> Believed, by some, to be a mass apparition of the Virgin Mary

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Syro-Lebanese in Egypt</span> Ethnic minority group in Egypt

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of Jerusalem</span> Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church

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References

  1. GCatholic.org: Cathedrals Egypt