Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Hermopolis (El-Minja)

ERMOPOLI (EL-MINJA)

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Minieh of the Copts redirects here.

Also known as: Al-Minya, El-Minya, Minya

HERMOPOLIS (EL-MINJA). - Residential see of the Copts, with a Catholic bishop since 6 March 1896; today administered by the same patriarch. 10,622 faithful, 14 priests, 15 churches. Works of Catholic Action and confraternities 7.

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BIBL.: S. Congregazione Orientale, Statistica con cenni storici d. gerarchia e dei fedeli di rito orientale, Vatican City 1932, pp. 38-39; Annuaire catholique d'Egypte, Cairo 1946; Annuaire Pontificio, 1949, p. 177.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 511.

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“Ermopoli (El-Minja).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 511. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ermopoli-el-minja.

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“Ermopoli (El-Minja).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 511. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ermopoli-el-minja.

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  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Ermopoli (El-Minja)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {511},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
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