Population
- Catholics (as of 2012)
6,200 Rite Byzantine Rite | Parishes 13 | |
Country Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan Ecclesiastical province Patriarchate of Antioch Denomination Melkite Greek Catholic Church | ||
The Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Alexandria (or Alexandria of the Melkites) (in Latin: Archeparchy Alexandrina Melchitarum) is a branch of the Melkite Catholic Church immediately subject to the Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch is his capacity as Melkite Catholic Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. In 2012 there were 6,200 baptized. It is currently governed by the patriarchal vicar Georges Bakar.
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Territory and statistics
The archeparchy extends to the faithful Melkites of Egypt and Sudan and the Archeparchial seat is the city of Alexandria, where is the Dormition of Mary Cathedral. The territory is divided into 13 parishes. The number of the faithful, who in 1940 ascended to 35,000, is much diminished, having 6,200 Melkite Catholics in 2010.
History
In 1772, as remembered by the Orientalium Dignitas of Pope Leo XIII, the Patriarch of Antioch became "administrator of Alexandria" for the Melkites in Egypt, and in 1838, the Melkite Patriarch assumes the title of Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem (bing titular Patriarch of both latter sees).
As the seat of its patriarch, the archeparchy is governed by a patriarchal vicar, who governs on behalf of the Patriarch, which depends on the venue.