Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo
The Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo (informally Cairo of the Syriacs) is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church sui iuris (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) covering Egypt.
It is immediately dependent on the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, not part of his or any other ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in the Egyptian national capital city of Cairo.
History
Established on 3 December 1965 on territory previously without proper Odrinary of the particular church.
Ordinaries
(all West Syriac Rite)
- Eparchs (Bishops) of Cairo
- Basile Pierre Habra (1963.07.06 – retired 1965.12.03), previously Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06)
- Basile Moussa Daoud (1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1994.07.01] 1994.07.06 – 1998.10.13), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1998.10.13] 1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church (1998.10.20 – 2001.01.08), Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09), emeritate as Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07), created Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07)
- Clément-Joseph Hannouche (1995.06.24 – 2020.04.09), also Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan (1997 – 2020.04.09)