Eparchy of Giza

Eparchy of Giza

*Eparchia Gizensis*
Eparchy of Giza; Eparchia Gizensis
Location
Metropolitan	Patriarchate of Alexandria
Statistics
Population	; 6,295 (2023);
Parishes	12 (2023)
Information
Sui iuris church	Coptic Catholic Church
Rite	Alexandrian Rite
Established	21 March 2003
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint George, Giza
Current leadership
Eparch	Toma Adly Zaki
Bishops emeritus	Antonios Aziz Mina
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The Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Giza or Guizeh is an Eastern Catholic diocese in Giza. It is one of the suffragan sees comprising the sole ecclesiastical province (covering all Egypt) of the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, the head of the Coptic Catholic Church, a Particular church sui iuris (Alexandrian Rite).

Its episcopal see is Saint George cathedral in Giza, which is part of the national capital Cairo's metropolitan area.^[1]

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 5,940 Coptic Catholics in 9 parishes with 13 priests (12 diocesan, 1 religious), 70 lay religious (22 brothers, 48 sisters) and 4 seminarians.^[1]

History

Established on 21 March 2003 as Eparchy (Eastern Catholic Diocese) of Giza(–Fayoum–Beni Souef) / Gizen(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria's proper diocese, as its suffragan.^[2]^[1]

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Coptic Alexandrian Rite)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Giza (Guizeh)

Andraos Salama (21 March 2003 – 6 December 2005)^[2]
Antonios Aziz Mina (3 January 2006 – 23 January 2017)^[2]
- Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (23 January 2017 – 10 April 2018), Apostolic Administrator
- Toma Adly Zaki (10 April 2018 – 25 March 2019), Apostolic Administrator
Toma Adly Zaki (since 25 March 2019)^[2]

References

1 2 3 "La Iglesia Católica Copta" (in Spanish). Apologética Siloé. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Guiza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 3 June 2026.

Sources and external links

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[Siloe-1] 1 2 3 "La Iglesia Católica Copta" (in Spanish). Apologética Siloé. Retrieved 3 June 2026.

[Catholic_Hierarchy_Guiza-2] 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Guiza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 3 June 2026.

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