Coptic Catholic Church
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| Classification | Catholic Church |
| Orientation | Eastern Catholic Church, Alexandrian Rite |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Structure | Patriarchal |
| Leader | Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak |
| Associations | Congregation for the Oriental Churches |
| Region | Egypt, with communities in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Founder | Mark the Evangelist |
| Origin |
451 AD Separated From Coptic Orthodox Egypt |
| Separated from | Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria |
| Branched from | Eastern Catholic |
| Merger of | Roman Catholic Church |
| Congregations | 161 (2010) |
| Members | 174,902 (2016) |
| Ministers | 243 |
| Official website | coptcatholic.net |
The Coptic Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular church in full communion with the Catholic Church. The Coptic Catholic Church uses the Alexandrian Rite. Uniquely among Eastern Catholic Churches, it also uses the Coptic language (derived from Ancient Egyptian, hence the name) in its liturgy, whereas the Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Catholic Church use the Alexandrian Rite in the Ge'ez language.
The current Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria is Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, who replaced Antonios Naguib in 2013. The offices of the Patriarchate are located in Cairo. The patriarchal Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt is in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo.
Dyophysite Copts existed from the time of the 451 Council of Chalcedon. During the time of Pope Honorius, many Bohairic Copts are known to have preferred a more Miaphysite Christology in opposition to Monophysitism. However, over time, they were assimilated by the Alexandrian Melkites.
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