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Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Cairo

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The Syrian (or Syriac) Catholic Eparchy of Cairo (informally Cairo of the Syrians) is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Syrian Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) covering Egypt.

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It is immediately dependent on the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the cathedral of the Rosary in Egyptian national capital Cairo.

History

Established on 3 December 1965 on territory previously without proper Odrinary of the particular church.

Ordinaries

(all Syrian Rite)

Eparchs (Bishops) of Cairo
  • Basile Pierre Habra (1963.07.06 – retired 1965.12.03), previously Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syrians (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06)
  • Basile Moussa Daoud (1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syrians (Syria) ([1994.07.01] 1994.07.06 – 1998.10.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians (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 – ...), also Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syrians (Sudan) (1997 – ...)

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