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The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria (or Iskanderiya) is a
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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 ...
(
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diocese) of the
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''sui iuris'' (
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in
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), in the Patriarch's own '
ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sev ...
of Cilicia' (actually based in Beirut, Lebanon), covering
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and
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. Its
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is the Annunciation Cathedral is in Cairo and not in Alexandria as the title of the eparchy states.


History

Established in 1885 as Eparchy (Diocese) of Iskanderiya / Alexandria, on territory separated for the particular church ''sui iuris'' from the Latin Catholic
Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt The Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt, or in full - of Alexandria of Egypt-Heliopolis-Port Said ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Alexandrinus) is the Roman Catholic Apostolic vicariate (missionary ordinariate) in Egypt, named after its ca ...
.


Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Alexandria (Iskanderiya) (of the Armenians)'' * Boghos Sabbaghian (1901.08.28 – 1904.08.04), later Patriarch of
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(Lebanon) ( 904.08.041904.11.14 – death 1910) * Pietro Kojunian (1907.02.26 – retired 1911.03.17); emeritate as
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of
Chalcedon of the Armenians Chalcedon ( or ; , sometimes transliterated as ''Chalkedon'') was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. It was located almost directly opposite Byzantium, south of Scutari (modern Üsküdar) and it is now a district of the city ...
(1911.03.17 – 1937.12.13) * Giovanni Couzian,
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(I.C.P.B.) (1911.08.27 – death 1933.05.06) *''
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'' Jacques Nessimian (1933.08.05 – death 1960.07.02), previously Archeparch (
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) of
Mardin of the Armenians Mardin was a diocese of the Chaldean Church from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. The diocese lapsed in 1941. Prior to this, it was a diocese of the Assyrian Church of the East, from which the Chaldean Catholic Church originated. Backgr ...
(Turkey) ( 928.06.291928.07.01 – 1933.08.05) * Raphaël Bayan (1960.07.02 – retired 1989.03.09), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of
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(1958.12.12 – 1960.07.02) &
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of Alexandria (1958.12.12 – 1960.07.02) * Boutros Taza Tarmouni (1989.08.21 – 1999.10.07), later Patriarch of
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(Lebanon) ( 999.10.071999.10.13 – 2015.06.25), President of Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church (1999.10.13 – 2015.06.25) * Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa (2004.01.07 – ...), also
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of
Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians The Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman (colloquially Jerusalem of the Armenians) is the missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Eastern Catholic, Armenian Rite in Armenian la ...
(Jordan) (2015.11.25 – 2019.05.10)


List of Churches

List of Armenian Catholic churches in Egypt *
Annunciation Cathedral, Cairo The Annunciation Cathedral (also called the Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Cairo) is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church that follows the Armenian rite and is located on Mohamed Sabri Street, Abou Alam, Abdine in Cairo, Egypt ...
* Church of the Resurrection in the cemetery, Cairo * Saint Teresa Church, Heliopolis * Church of the Immaculate Conception, Alexandria


See also

*
Catholic Church in Egypt The Catholic Church in Egypt is considerably small as compared to the rest of the Christian population in Egypt, which is a significant minority among (mainly Sunni) Muslims. The Catholic population in Egypt is said to have begun during the Briti ...
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Egypt The Catholic Church in Egypt is presently composed of an exempt Latin missionary jurisdiction and 14 Eastern Catholic (arch)eparchies (mainly the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate's province), but also yielded over 90 titular sees. Current dioceses ...
*
List of cathedrals in Egypt This is the list of cathedrals in Egypt sorted by denomination. Coptic Orthodox * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Azbakeya * Sai ...


References


External links


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