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Diocese of Sohag

Sohagen(sis)

The Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag is an Alexandrian Rite eparchy in Upper Egypt, erected on 13 September 1981. It belongs to the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria.

The see

Rank
Suffragan eparchy
Tradition
Coptic Catholic Church
Erected
13 September 1981
Latin
Sohagen(sis)
Annuario code
001003081

The see in figures

Catholics
14,320
Priests
24
Catholics per priest
597
Extent
5,234 km²
Catholics per km²
2.7

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
Thomas Halim Habib
Born
6 July 1963
Birthplace
Sohag

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 Christ the King, Sohag stands in Sohag, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Sohag is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.