Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria

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The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria (or Iskanderiya) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholicdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Armenian Rite in Armenian language), in the Patriarch's own 'ecclesiastical province of Cilicia' (actually based in Beirut, Lebanon), covering Egypt and Sudan.

Its cathedral is the Annunciation Cathedral is in Cairo and not in Alexandria as the title of the eparchy states.

History

Established in 1885 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Iskanderiya / Alexandria, on territory separated for the particular church sui iuris from the Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt.

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Alexandria (Iskanderiya) (of the Armenians)

Boghos Sabbaghian (1901.08.28 – 1904.08.04), later Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ( 1904.11.14 – death 1910)
Pietro Kojunian (1907.02.26 – retired 1911.03.17); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon of the Armenians (1911.03.17 – 1937.12.13)
Giovanni Couzian, Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar (I.C.P.B.) (1911.08.27 – death 1933.05.06)
Archbishop-Bishop Jacques Nessimian (1933.08.05 – death 1960.07.02), previously Archeparch (Archbishop) of Mardin of the Armenians (Turkey) ( 1928.07.01 – 1933.08.05)
Raphaël Bayan (1960.07.02 – retired 1989.03.09), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Taua (1958.12.12 – 1960.07.02) & Coadjutor Eparch of Alexandria (1958.12.12 – 1960.07.02)
Boutros Taza Tarmouni (1989.08.21 – 1999.10.07), later Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ( 1999.10.13 – 2015.06.25), President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (1999.10.13 – 2015.06.25)
Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa (2004.01.07 – ...), also Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan) (2015.11.25 – 2019.05.10)

List of Churches

List of Armenian Catholic churches in Egypt

Annunciation Cathedral, Cairo
Church of the Resurrection in the cemetery, Cairo
Saint Teresa Church, Heliopolis
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Alexandria

References

"كنيسة الأرمن". الكنيسة الكاثوليكية بمصر (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
"أبرشية الأرمن الكاثوليك بالإسكندرية Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria 2021". Retrieved 2021-11-11.

External links

GCatholic with titular incumbent biography links

v t e Catholic Church in Egypt
Dioceses	Coptic Catholic Church: Patriarchate of Alexandria Eparchy of Alexandria Eparchy of Abu Qirqas Eparchy of Assiut Eparchy of Giza Eparchy of Ismayliah Eparchy of Luxor Eparchy of Minya Eparchy of Sohag Armenian Catholic Church: Eparchy of Alexandria Chaldean Catholic Church: Eparchy of Cairo Latin Church: Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt Maronite Church: Eparchy of Cairo Melkite Catholic Church: Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan Syriac Catholic Church: Eparchy of Cairo
Churches	Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt Annunciation Cathedral, Cairo Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Cairo St. Catherine's Cathedral, Alexandria Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral Basilica of St Therese of the Child Jesus, Cairo
Former dioceses	List of former dioceses Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria Archdiocese of Antinoe Apostolic Vicariate of Heliopolis of Egypt Apostolic Vicariate of Port-Said Apostolic Prefecture of the Delta of the Nile
See also	Egyptian saints Apostolic Nunciature to Egypt
Catholicism portal Egypt portal

v t e Armenian Catholic Church hierarchy
Patriarchate	Cilicia (Beirut, Lebanon)
Metropolitan archeparchies (archdioceses)	Beirut (Lebanon, Patriarch's proper)
Non-metropolitan archeparchies	Aleppo (Syria) Baghdad (Iraq) Istanbul (Turkey) Lviv (Ukraine)
Eparchies	Alexandria (Cairo, Egypt) Isfahan (Iran) Qamishli (Syria) Our Lady of Nareg in U.S.A. and Canada Sainte-Croix-de-Paris San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Apostolic exarchates	Latin America and Mexico (Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay)
Ordinariates for Eastern Catholic faithful	Eastern Europe (for Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine) Greece Romania
Patriarchal exarchates	Damascus (Syria) Jerusalem and Amman (Holy Land, Jordan) Syria
Titular Archeparchies	Metropolitan Archeparchies Achrida (Ohrid) Pessinus Traianopolis in Rhodope of the Armenians Non-metropolitan Archeparchies Chalcedon Colonia in Armenia Mardin Nisibis of the Armenians Sebaste Tarsus of the Armenians
Titular Eparchies	Adana of the Armenians Amida of the Armenians Anazarbus of the Armenians Ancyra of the Armenians Artvin Cesarea in Cappadocia Garin Kharput Marasc Melitene of the Armenians Mush Prusa Tokat Trapezus of the Armenians
Former circumscriptions	Mardin (Turkey)
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30°03′00″N 31°14′00″E / 30.0500°N 31.2333°E / 30.0500; 31.2333

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See also

References

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