Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Egypt

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

1204

Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey

1742

Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal vicars / suffragan bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey

1760

Aleppo [Lat.] (detached from AV Constantinople) - (Ottoman Empire) Syria

1817

Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus [Lat.] (AV, new name, previously AV Aleppo) - (Ottoman Empire) Lebanon, Syria, etc.

1219

Alexandria [Lat.] (Patr., collapsed soon, and became a merely titular Patriarchate) - Egypt

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1824

Alexandria [Copt.] (Patr., detached from the Latin jurisdiction of the AV of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) - Egypt

1824

Alexandria [Copt.] (Patriarchal eparchy, history follows that of the Patriarchate itself) - Egypt

1839

Egypt and Arabia [Lat.] (AV, detached from the AV of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) - Egypt

1849

Iskanderiya / Alexandria [Arm.] (Ep, detached by the Armenian Patriarch Peter VIII from ...) - Egypt

1851

Egypt (AV, new name, previously Egypt and Arabia [Lat.]) - Egypt

1866

Iskanderiya / Alexandria [Arm.] (vacant) - Egypt

1872

Alexandria [Melk.] (Patr. Vicariate) - Egypt

1884

Delta of the Nile [Lat.] (AP, detached from AV Egypt) - Egypt

1885

Iskanderiya / Alexandria [Arm.] (revived) - Egypt

1895

Alexandria [Copt.] (Patr.) (revived, detached from the Latin jurisdictions of Egypt AV, and from the Delta of the Nile AP) - Egypt

1895

Luqsor or Tebe / Luxor or Thebes [Copt.] (Ep, detached from the Latin jurisdiction of Egypt AV) - Egypt

1895

Minya [Cald.] (Ep, detached from the Latin jurisdiction of Egypt AV) - Egypt

1902

Egypt [Syr.] (Patriarchal Vicariate) - Egypt

1904

Egypt [Mar.] (Patriarchal Vicariate) - Egypt

1908

Alexandria [Copt.] (Patr. vacant) - Egypt

1909

Delta of the Nile [Lat.] (AV, previously AP) - Egypt

1926

Canal of Suez [Lat.] (AV, detached from Egypt AV) - Egypt

1938

Egypt [Chald.] (Patriarchal Vicariate) - Egypt

1946

Le Caire / Cairo [Mar.] (Ep, and new name, previously Egypt [Mar., Patriarchal Vicariate]) - Egypt

1947

Alexandria [Copt.] (Patr. revived) - Egypt

1947

Assiut [Copt.] (Ep, detached from Luqsor [Copt.]) - Egypt

1948

Heliopolis [Lat.] (AV, new name, previously the Delta of the Nile AV) - Egypt

1948

Port Said [Lat.] (AV, new name, previously the Canal of Suez AV) - Egypt

1951

Alexandria in Egypt [Lat.] (AV, new name, previously Egypt AV) - Egypt

1965

Le Caire / Cairo [Syr.] (Ep, and new name, previously Egypt [Syr., Patriarchal Vicariate]) - Egypt

1980

Le Caire / Cairo [Chald.] (Ep, and new name, previously Egypt [Chald., Patriarchal Vicariate]) - Egypt

1981

Sohag [Copt.] (Ep, detached from Luqsor [Copt.]) - Egypt

1982

Ismailia [Copt.] (Ep, detached from Luqsor [Copt.]) - Egypt

1987

Heliopolis [Lat.] (incorporated in Alexandria in Egypt AV) - Egypt

1987

Port Said [Lat.] (incorporated in Alexandria in Egypt AV) - Egypt

2003

Guizeh / Giza [Copt.] (Ep, detached from Alexandria [Copt.]) - Egypt

2020

Abu Qurqas [Copt.] (Ep, detached from Minya [Copt.]) - Egypt