Diocese of Guizeh
Gizen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Coptic Catholic Church · Guizeh, Egypt
The Eparchy of Giza (Guizeh) is a Coptic Catholic eparchy in Egypt, erected on 21 March 2003 as a suffragan of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint George, and it is led by Eparch Toma Adly Zaki.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Coptic Catholic Church
- Erected
- 21 March 2003
- Latin
- Gizen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint George
- Annuario code
- 001001551
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,295
- Priests
- 12
- Catholics per priest
- 525
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
- Toma Adly Zaki
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
Cathedral of Saint George, Giza stands in Guizeh, 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.
The province of Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria
A suffragan of Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria.
The sees of this province:
- Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of AlexandriaAlessandria
- Diocese of AssiutAssiut
- Diocese of IsmayliahIsmailia
- Diocese of MinyaMinya
- Diocese of SohagSohag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
An Eastern Catholic diocese in Giza, the Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Giza or Guizeh belongs to the sole ecclesiastical province, covering all Egypt, of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, who heads the Coptic Catholic Church, a particular church sui iuris of the Alexandrian Rite. Saint George cathedral in Giza, within the metropolitan area of the national capital Cairo, serves as its episcopal see.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.