Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa - The Sudan

The Sudan

This country, who had both Egyptian expatriates and native adherents, is divided into two eparchies and whose prelates are:

  • Sarapamon (Serapis Amon), Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Atbara, Um Durman and All the North of the Sudan and Titular Bishop of the Great and Ancient Metropolis of Nubia: Faras of Nobadia, Dongola of Makouria and Soba of Aloudia.
  • Ilia (Elijah), Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Khartoum and All the South of the Sudan.

The number of Coptic Sudanese is estimated around 200,000.

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