Coptic Orthodox Church in North America
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The Copts began to immigrate to the United States as early as the late 1940s. Immigration to Canada was soon to follow, and in general, this was to be the case throughout North America in the coming decades. With hundreds of Coptic Orthodox churches in the United States alone (along with over 90 congregations in Canada), it is estimated that there are over one million Coptic Orthodox Christians in North America.
In 1964, St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church was established in Toronto; this was the first Coptic parish established in the Coptic diaspora. The Church was established by Fr. Marcos A. Marcos, under the supervision of Pope Cyril VI.
The first parish in the States, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church (Jersey City) was founded in 1968 and is considered the first Coptic Orthodox Church, parish, and church building in North America, if not, the Western Hemisphere.
Decades later, Mexico had a growing Coptic Orthodox community of its own. The first, and only, Coptic Orthodox church in Mexico is St.
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