Melkite Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan
archeparchy
The Melkite Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan is the presence of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Northern African countries of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan.
Status
As a territory dependent on the patriarch it is a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction with an ordinary, so it is immediately subject to the Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch in his capacity as Melkite Catholic Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and is not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.
As the titular patriarch of Alexandria, the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch appoints the patriarchal vicar to act on his behalf. The patriarchal vicar currently has the title of protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan and is made a titular archbishop, and an auxiliary bishop of Antioch.
Territory and statistics
It supports the Melkite communities in Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan. The number of the faithful, who in 1940 was around 35,000 people, is much diminished. As per 2014, it pastorally served 6,200 Melkite Catholics in 14 parishes with 18 priests (diocesan), 2 deacons and 15 lay religious sisters.
It has two cathedrals, both in Egypt:
the Resurrection cathedral in Cairo, its episcopal see.
the Dormition cathedral in Alexandria, the Ancient see of the (here Titular) Patriarch.
History
In 1772, as remembered by the Orientalium Dignitas of Pope Leo XIII, the Patriarch of Antioch became "Administrator of Alexandria" for the Melkites in Egypt.
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