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Coptic Catholic Eparchy Of Sohag
The Eparchy of Sohag is an eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, centered in the ecclesiastical province of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria. The Eparchy was erected on 13 September 1981. Hierarches * Bishop Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. (26 May 1982 – 9 August 2003) * Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir (9 August 2003 - 14 June 2019) * Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe (since 14 June 2019) External linksCatholic-Hierarchy.org information on the eparchy {{EasternCatholic-diocese-stub Christianity in Alexandria Sohag Sohag ( , ), also spelled as ''Sawhāj'', ''Suhag'' and ''Suhaj'', is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. It has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate wa ... Eastern Catholicism in Egypt Religious organizations established in the 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administrative structure of a specific Eastern Church, eparchy can belong to an ecclesiastical province (usually a metropolis), but it can also be exempt. Each eparchy is divided into par |
