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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
Latin
(Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See)
Eastern Catholic
Alexandrian Rite
Byzantine Rite
Antiochian Rite
Armenian Rite
Chaldean Rite
Former sees
Titular sees
Metropolitan titular sees (one in each Late
Roman province ) : Antinoë (for
Thebais Prima ), Leontopolis in Augustamnica (for
Augustamnica Secunda ), Nubia *, Oxyrynchus (for
Arcadia Aegypti ), Pelusium (for
Augustamnica Prima ), Pelusium *,
Ptolemais in Thebaide (for
Thebais Secunda )
Other Archiepiscopal titular sees :
Damiata (Crusader see; geographically identical with
Tamiathis , now Damietta)
Episcopal titular sees : Agnus,
Alphocranon , Andropolis, Antæopolis, Aphnæum, Aphroditopolis, Apollonopolis magna, Apollonopolis parva, Arabia, Arsinoë in Arcadia, Athribis, Babylon, Bubastis, Busiris, Butus, Cabasa, Casius, Cleopatris, Clysma, Coprithis, Coptus, Cusæ, Cynopolis in Ægypto, Cynopolis in Arcadia, Diocletianoplis in Thebaide, Diospolis inferior, Diospolis superior, Geras, Heliopolis in Augustamnica, Hephæstus, Heracleopolis magna, Hermonthis,
Hermopolis parva , Hypselis, Iotapa in Palestina, Latopolis, Letopolis, Mareotes, Massimianopolis in Thebaide,
Memphis , Menelaites, Metelis, Naucratis, Nicius, Nilopolis, Oasis magna, Ombi, Onuphis, Ostracine, Pachnemunis, Panephysis, Panopolis, Paralus, Petra in Ægypto, Phacusa, Pharan, Pharbæthus, Phatanus, Phelbes, Philæ, Phragonis, Pselchis, Rhinocorura, Sais,
Sata , Schedia, Sebennytus, Sela, Sethroë, Syene,
Tamiathis (now Damietta; geographically identical with
Damiata ), Tanasia,
Tanis , Taua, Tentyris, Terenuthis,
Thennesus , Theodosiopolis in Arcadia, Thinis, Thmuis, Thois, Xois, Zygris
Titular Apostolic Vicariates (both Latin and merged as titles with co-cathedrals into the residential Latin
Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria ) :
Heliopolis of Egypt (a Cairo suburb) and
Port-Said (Suez Canal port)
Other
(incomplete?)
See also
Sources and external links