The Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo (informally Cairo of the Syriacs) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It is immediately exempt to the

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, though not part of his or any other

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. Its

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is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in the

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History

The Eparchy of Cairo was established on 3 December 1965 on territory previously without a Syriac Catholic

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or territory.

Ordinaries

;''Eparchs (Bishops) of Cairo'' * Basile Pierre Habra (1963.07.06 – retired 1965.12.03), previously

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of Batnæ of the Syriacs (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06) * Basile Moussa Daoud (1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) ( 994.07.011994.07.06 – 1998.10.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ( 998.10.131998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), Prefect of

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(2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Grand Chancellor of

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(2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), emeritate as Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07), created

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(2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07) * Clément-Joseph Hannouche (1995.06.24 – 2020.04.09), also

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of Sudan and South Sudan (1997 – 2020.04.09) *Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo, Egypt (2020.04.09 - 2022.05.12), Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan. * Elie Joseph Warde (2022.05.12 – present)

List of Churches

There are three churches in Cairo and Alexandria * Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in

* St. Catherine's Church - Heliopolis * Church of the Heart of Jesus - Alexandria

Source and External links

GCatholic with incumbent biography links

References

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History

Ordinaries

List of Churches

See also

Source and External links

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