Eparchy of Le Caire
Cahiren(sis) Maronitarum
Eparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Le Caire, Egypt
Maronite eparchy erected on 22 June 1946, extending to all Maronite faithful in Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan. Its seat is Saint Joseph Cathedral in Cairo. Eparch Georges Chihane has led the eparchy since June 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 22 June 1946
- Latin
- Cahiren(sis) Maronitarum
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001973
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,000
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 556
- Extent
- 3,502,416 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Georges Chihane
- Born
- 31 May 1953
- Birthplace
- Haret Sakhr
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Saint Joseph Cathedral, Cairo stands in Le Caire, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
A see of the Maronite Church, the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo of the Maronites (Latin: Eparchy Cahirensis Maronitarum) is suffragan to the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites. Its current eparch is Georges Chihane.
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