Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo

Eparchy of Cairo
Location
Country	Egypt
Statistics
Population Total	(as of 2023) 1,520
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syriac Catholic Church
Rite	West Syriac Rite
Established	3 December 1965
Secular priests	4
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Patriarch	Ignatius Joseph III Yonan
Eparch	Élie Joseph Warde

The Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo (informally Cairo of the Syriacs) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Egypt. It is immediately exempt to the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, though not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in the episcopal see of Cairo.

History

The Eparchy of Cairo was established on 3 December 1965 on territory previously without a Syriac Catholic ordinary or territory.

Ordinaries

Eparchs (Bishops) of Cairo

• Basile Pierre Habra (1963.07.06 – retired 1965.12.03), previously Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06)
• Basile Moussa Daoud (1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1994.07.01] 1994.07.06 – 1998.10.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1998.10.13] 1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), emeritate as Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07), created Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07)
• Clément-Joseph Hannouche (1995.06.24 – 2020.04.09), also Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan (1997 – 2020.04.09)
• Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo, Egypt (2020.04.09 - 2022.05.12), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan.
• Elie Joseph Warde (2022.05.12 – present)

List of Churches

There are three churches in Cairo and Alexandria ^[1]

• Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cairo
• St. Catherine's Church - Heliopolis
• Church of the Heart of Jesus - Alexandria

See also

• Dioceses of the Syriac Catholic Church
• List of cathedrals in Egypt
• Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Dependency of Sudan and South Sudan
• Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem

Source and External links

• GCatholic with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy

References

1. "كنيسة السريان". الكنيسة الكاثوليكية بمصر (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-11.