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Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Patriarchate of Antioch |
| Denomination | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
The Melkite Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan is the presence of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Northern African countries of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan. [1]
Sui iuris also spelled sui juris, is a Latin phrase that literally means "of one's own right". It is used in both secular law and the Catholic Church's canon law. The term church sui iuris is used in the Catholic Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) to denote the autonomous churches in Catholic communion. The Catholic Church consists of 24 churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic churches.
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church or Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its chief pastor is Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus, Syria. The Melkites, who are Byzantine Rite Catholics, trace their history to the early Christians of Antioch, formerly part of Syria and now in Turkey, of the 1st century AD, where Christianity was introduced by Saint Peter.
The Catholic Church in Egypt is considerably small as compared to the rest of the Christian population in Egypt, which is a significant minority among Muslims. The Catholic population in Egypt is said to have begun during the British control of Egypt. However, many returned to Europe after the 1952 Revolution in Egypt, which also caused the overthrow and exile of King Farouk of Egypt. Catholics in Egypt belong to seven distinct ritual Particular Churches sui iuris, the largest being the Coptic Catholic Church, led by its Patriarch of Alexandria.
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
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Demetrius I Qadi was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925.
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The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem is a branch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church immediately subject to the Patriarch of Antioch of the Melkites. Yasser Ayyash is the current Vicar Apostolic of the Patriarch Youssef Absi.
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus of the Melkites is a metropolitan and patriarchal see. In 2010 there were 150,000 baptized. The current vicar of Patriarch Youssef Absi is Archbishop Nicolas Antiba.
Melkite (Greek) Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq is a Patriarchal exarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Greek language for part of Iraq.
Anthony Farage, also Anthony Faraj, was titular archbishop and Patriarchal vicar of the Patriarchal vicariate of Egypt and Sudan.
Dionysius Kfoury, BS was a bishop of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan.
Ambroise Abdo was a bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Jerusalem and Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol.
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The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin, also called Greek Catholic Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin or simply Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, is a Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is dedicated to the Annunciation.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also called the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, is the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the city of Damascus, Syria. It is the seat of the Greek-Melkite Archeparchy of Damascus dependent on the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, which includes about 150,000 baptized adherents and twenty parishes with fifty priests. Its faithful, assigned from the 18th century to the Holy See in Rome, employ the Arabic language and the Byzantine rite.
