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Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag

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Eastern Catholic eparchy in Egypt

The Eparchy of Sohag is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, centered in the ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria.

The Eparchy was erected on 13 September 1981.

In 2006, there were 12,670 members across 20 parishes.

Hierarches

Bishop Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. (26 May 1982 - 9 August 2003)
Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir (9 August 2003 - 14 June 2019)
Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe (since 14 June 2019)
Bishop Thomas Halim Habib 2020-

References

CNEWA website, The Eastern Catholic Churches 2006, statistical report
"Coptic Catholic Church". Martin's Ecclesiastical Heraldry. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

External links

Catholic-Hierarchy.org information on the eparchy

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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
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