Coptic Catholic Church
| Coptic Catholic Church | |
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| Union with Rome | 1895 |
| Current primate | Patriarch Antonios Naguib |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Primary territory | Egypt |
| Rite | Coptic |
| Language (s) liturgical (s) | Coptic |
| Estimated population | 253,000 ( 2005 ) |
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The Coptic Catholic Church Coptic Catholic Church and is one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The head of the Church carries the title of Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, with residence in Cairo (incumbent: His Beatitude Antonios Naguib since 30 March 2006 ).
The title of Patriarch of Alexandria is now also carried by two other church leaders.
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History
The Church of Alexandria has existed since apostolic times. It was divided into two branches after the Council of Chalcedon , the majority forming the Coptic Orthodox Church ( Eastern Orthodox communion ) and the minority of Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria ( Orthodox communion ).
Contacts and missionary activities of the Church of Rome
The contacts of the Roman Catholic Church with the Coptic Church began from the thirteenth century Election of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate After several episodes, the Pope (Rome) Pope Leo XIII created in 1895 the Patriarchate of Alexandria for Catholic Copts. The Church is divided into seven dioceses: For local training of his clergy, the Church has the seminar Coptic Catholic St. Leo the Great , to Ma'adi near Cairo and the seminar Franciscan East Saint-Cyrille-de-Giza. The Church is a member of the Council of Churches of the Middle East . Organization
Formation of Clergy
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