Stéphanos II Ghattas
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Stéphanos II Ghattas CM (Arabic: إسطفانوس الثاني غطاس) (16 January 1920 – 20 January 2009) was an eparch of the Coptic Catholic Church. From 1986 to 2006 he served as the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria.[1] He was also a Cardinal. His canonization process has been initiated.[2]
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Stéphanos II Ghattas إسطفانوس الثاني غطاس | |
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Cardinal Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria | |
Church | Coptic Catholic Church |
Diocese | Alexandria |
See | Alexandria |
Appointed | 8 June 1986 |
Term ended | 27 March 2006 |
Predecessor | Stéphanos I Sidarouss |
Successor | Antonios I Naguib |
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Ordination | 25 March 1944 |
Consecration | 9 June 1967 by Stéphanos I Sidarouss |
Created cardinal | 21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Bishop Patriarch |
Personal details | |
Born | Andraos Ghattas 16 January 1920 Cheikh Zein-el-Dine, Girga Governorate, Egypt |
Died | 20 January 2009 (aged 89) Cairo, Egypt |
Buried | Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt, Cairo |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Denomination | Coptic Catholic Church |
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Sainthood | |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Servant of God |
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