The Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt, also called Coptic Catholic Cathedral of Cairo, is a

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at 39 Mustafa Fahmi Street in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

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. The cathedral serves as the main church of the Catholic Coptic

Patriarchate of Alexandria The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot"). The Alexandrian episcopate was revered as one of the three major episco ...

(''Patriarchatus Alexandrinus Coptorum'') which began in 1741 as an apostolic vicariate created by

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. It was elevated to its present status in 1895 under the pontificate of

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

with the papal bull “''Christi Domini''". It is under the pastoral responsibility of the

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Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (, ar, إبراهيم إسحاق سدراك; born 19 August 1955 in Beni-Chokeir, Egypt) is the current Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria. Life Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak was born on 19 August 1955 in Beni-Chokeir, Asyut Go ...

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Eastern Catholic cathedrals in Egypt Cathedrals in Cairo Coptic Catholic cathedrals {{EasternCatholic-church-stub

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