Diocese of Luqsor
Theban(us)
Suffragan eparchy · Coptic Catholic Church · Luxor, Egypt
The Eparchy of Luqsor (Luxor) is a Coptic Catholic eparchy in Upper Egypt, erected on 26 November 1895. It belongs to the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria and is led by Eparch Emmanuel Ayad Bishay, with its seat at St. Michael Cathedral in Luxor.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Coptic Catholic Church
- Erected
- 26 November 1895
- Latin
- Theban(us)
- Patron
- Saint Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001002071
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 22,600
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 628
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
- Emmanuel Bishay
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 St. Michael (Cathedrale Saint-Michel), Luxor stands in Luxor, 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 Alexandria
A suffragan of Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Al QusiaAl Qusiya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Historically known as the Eparchy of Thebes (Latin: Eparchia Thebana), this suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) belongs to the Coptic Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. Its jurisdiction takes in the southern governorates of Egypt, with the episcopal see at Luxor, the ancient Thebes. Emmanuel Bishay is the current eparch.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Evêché Copte Catholique, B.P. 23, Avenue Kornish El-Nil, 85511 Louxor, Égypte
- Telephone
- [095]237.2716
- epar.luxor@gmail.com
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.