The Catholic Church in Egypt is considerably small as compared to the rest of the Christian population in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...

, which is a significant minority among (mainly

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)

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. The Catholic population in Egypt is said to have begun during the British control of Egypt. However, many returned to Europe after the 1952 Revolution in Egypt, which also caused the overthrow and exile of

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of Egypt. Catholics in Egypt belong to seven distinct ritual

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es ''sui iuris'', the largest being the

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, led by its Patriarch of Alexandria. The majority of the Christians in Egypt are members of the

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. The number of Catholics (less than 200,000) in Egypt makes up much less than 1% of the total Egyptian population, which is roughly 100 million people. Many of Egypt's

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are of Italian or Maltese descent, while Egypt's

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s and Maronite Catholics are predominantly of Syro-Lebanese descent.

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;

Alexandrian Rite Alexandrian rites are liturgical rites employed by three Oriental Orthodox churches, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, as well as by their Eastern Catholic c ...

Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria The Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria is the Patriarchal and only Metropolitan see of the head of the Eastern ''sui iuris'' Coptic Catholic Church, a particular Church in the Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See, which fo ...

* Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria * Eparchy of Abu Qirqas * Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Assiut * Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Guizeh * Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Ismayliah *

Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Luqsor Luxor ( ar, الأقصر, al-ʾuqṣur, lit=the palaces) is a modern city in Upper (southern) Egypt which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of ''Thebes''. Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open- ...

Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya The Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Coptic Catholic Church (Alexandrian Rite in Coptic language) in its sole ecclesiastical province, that of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria (who ...

* Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag ;

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* Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt ;

Antiochian Rite Antiochene Rite or Antiochian Rite refers to the family of liturgies originally used by the Patriarchate of Antioch. Liturgies in the Antiochene Rite The Antiochian Rite, or the Antiochian Rite family, consists of Apostolic Liturgies includin ...

* Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo * Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Cairo ;

Armenian Rite The Armenian Rite () is an independent liturgy used by both the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic Churches. Liturgy The liturgy is patterned after the directives of Saint Gregory the Illuminator, first official head and patron sain ...

* Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria) ;

Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. The canonical hours a ...

Melkite Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan The Melkite Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan is the presence of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Northern African countries of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), offi ...

; Chaldean Rite * Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Cairo

Cathedrals and Basilicas

* (Conventual) Basilica of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in Cairo, Egypt (Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt) * Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima in Cairo, Egypt (Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Cairo) * Cathedral of Christ the King in Minya, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya) * Cathedral of Christ the King in Sohag, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Sohag) * Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt in Cairo, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria) * Cathedral of St. Catherine in Alexandria, Egypt (Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt) * Cathedral of St. Mark in Ismaïlia, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Ismayliah) * Cathedral of the Annunciation in Cairo, Egypt (Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Iskanderiya) * Cathedral of the Dormition in Alexandria, Egypt (Greek-Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan) * Cathedral of the Mother of Divine Love in Assiut, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Assiut) * Cathedral of the Resurrection in Cairo, Egypt (Greek-Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan) * Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Helipolis in Cairo, Egypt (Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt) * Coptic Cathedral in Giza, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Guizeh) * Coptic Cathedral in Luxor, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Luqsor) * Maronite Cathedral of St. Joseph in Cairo, Egypt (Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo) * Syrian Cathedral of the Holy Rosary in Cairo, Egypt (Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Cairo) GCatholic.org
Cathedrals and Basilicas in Egypt
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Cathedrals and Basilicas

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