Luxor (Thebes of the Copts), Diocese of

LUQSOR (TEBE DEI COPTI), DIOCESI DI

Volume VII · p. 1019 · 1951

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

LUQSOR (TEBE DEI COPTI), DIOCESE of. — Suffragan of the Coptic patriarch of Alexandria, founded in 1895 by the letter Christi Domini of Leo XIII (26 Nov. 1895). The bishop resides in Tahta.

In 1946 there were 36,854 faithful, 32 priests, 51 churches and chapels, 90 primary schools, and 1 secondary school. In 1947 the new diocese of Assiut was separated from L. Thus the diocese of L. now has only 14,400 faithful and 16 priests.

BIBL.: AAS, 40 (1948) pp. 172-74. Guglielmo de Vries

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“LUQSOR (TEBE DEI COPTI), DIOCESI DI.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), p. 1019. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/luqsor-tebe-dei-copti-diocesi-di.