Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia

Part of a series on the
Copts
Coptic_cross.svg
Culture
Regions
Denominations
icon Christianity portal

The Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia is organised into two Coptic Orthodox dioceses with over 50 parishes, three monasteries, two theological colleges and four schools. The church is a member of the National Council of Churches in Australia. According to the 2006 Census of Australia, there were a total of 19,928 followers of Coptic Orthodoxy nationally.[citation needed] Currently, the church has as many as 100,000 members in Australia (in Sydney alone it is estimated that there are 70,000 Copts, with numbers in Melbourne in the tens of thousands).[1]

Dioceses

[edit]
  • Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions led by Bishop Anba Suriel since 1999: Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New Zealand, Fiji
  • Diocese of Sydney and Affiliated Regions led by Bishop Anba Daniel since 2002: New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Mainland China, Indonesia

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ In 2003, there were an estimated 70,000 Copts in New South Wales alone: - https://web.archive.org/web/20050306102657/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20031112040. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of NSW - Legislative Council. 12 November 2003. p. Page: 4772: - Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust Amendment Bill. Archived from the original on 6 March 2005. {{cite book}}: |archiveurl= missing title (help) Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  • The Coptic Orthodox Church of Australia 1969-1995 by Fr Matthew Attia (formerly Maged Attia)
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_Australia&oldid=1251482802"