Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Assiut, Diocese of

ASSIUT, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Also known as: Asyut

ASSIUT, Diocese of. - In Egypt. Pope Pius XII, by the apostolic constitution Ex Petri cathedra, dated 10 Aug. 1947, erected the diocese of A., assigning to it part of the territory of the eparchy of Thebes, with the following boundaries: to the north the eparchy of Hermopolis (28th parallel); to the east the Red Sea, to the south the eparchy of Thebes, to the west the Libyan desert.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 39 (1947), pp. 172-74.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 182.

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Josi, Enrico. “Assiut, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 182. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/assiut-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Assiut, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 182. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/assiut-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Assiut, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {182},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/assiut-diocesi-di}
}

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