Vatican
City, 18 January 2013
(VIS) – The Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church meeting
in Cairo, Egypt, from 12 – 16 January, having consulted the Holy
Father, accepted the resignation from office presented by His
Beatitude Antonios Naguib, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, in
accordance with canon 126 para. 2 of the Code of Canons of the
Eastern Churches
On
15 January, the same synod canonically elected His Beatitude Ibrahim
Isaac Sidrak as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts and the Holy
Father granted the "Ecclesiastica Communio" requested of
him by His Beatitude in accordance with canon 76 para. 2 of the Code
of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Born in 1955 in Beni Shiqeir in
the Eparchy of Asyut, Egypt, ordained to the priesthood in 1980, and
ordained to the episcopate in 2002, the patriarch-elect was
previously bishop of Minya (Ermopoli Maggiore: Minieh, Coptic),
Egypt.
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