Diocese of Cairo, Egypt (Syriac Rite)

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cairo / Le Caire (français) / Cahiren(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1965.12.03: Established as Diocese of Cairo / Le Caire (français) / Cahiren(sis) Syrorum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.05.12 – ...):

Bishop Élie Joseph Warde (46)

Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cairo (Syriac Rite)

Bishop Élie Joseph Warde (46)
(2022.05.12 – ...)

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)
Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Born:	1977.09.28 (Haddad-Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	2004.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.06.18

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) (2022.05.12 – ...)

Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan) (2022.05.12 – ...)

Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (43)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2020.04.15 – 2022.05.12)

Bishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche
(1995.06.24 – 2020.04.09)

Born:	1950.03.27 (Cairo, Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.19
Died:	2020.04.09 (Cairo, Egypt † 70)

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) (1995.06.24 – 2020.04.09)

Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan) (1997 – 2020.04.09)

Bishop Basile Moussa Daoud (later Cardinal)
(1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01)

Born:	1930.09.18 (Meskané, Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1954.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.09.18
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2012.04.07 (Roma, Italy † 81)

Priest of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1954.10.17 – 1977.07.22)

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) ([1977.07.02] 1977.07.22 – 1994.07.01)

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)

Patriarch ad personam (2001.01.08 – 2012.04.07)

Cardinal-Patriarch (2001.02.21 – 2012.04.07)

Bishop Basile Pierre Habra
(1963.07.06 – 1965.12.03)

Born:	1899.12.29 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1932.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.15
Died:	1977.08.16 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Batnæ of the Syriacs (1963.05.01 – 1963.07.06)

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) (1963.07.06 – 1965.12.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale syrienne catholique du Rosaire, Cairo, Cairo

Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) (→), Sudan and South Sudan (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 1,520 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 4 parishes

Personnel: 4 priests (diocesan), 1 seminarian

Syriac Diocese of

Cairo

Egypt

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Special Churches

Statistics (2021.12.31)