Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Cairo
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The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Cairo is an eparchy
located in the city of Cairo
in Egypt.
Eparchy
Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something,' like province, prefecture, or territory, to have the jurisdiction over, it has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Christian...
located in the city of Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
in Egypt.
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Cairo (Chaldean rite)- Bishop Youssef Ibrahim SarrafYoussef Ibrahim SarrafYoussef Ibrahim Sarraf , was the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt....
, February 6, 1984 - December 31, 2009 - Bishop Ephrem Bédé, April 23, 1980 - January 18, 1984
- Bishop Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf