Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria

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The Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria is the Eastern Catholic hierarch who holds one of the three traditional Melkite patriarchal titles, overseeing the Melkite Greek Catholic faithful associated with the historic see of Alexandria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Catholic hierarch
ecclesiastical office
patriarchal title
associatedWithHistoricSee Alexandria
christianDenominationalFamily Eastern Christianity
churchSuiIuris Melkite Greek Catholic
surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Church
claimsSuccessionFrom ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria
communionWith Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church

Holy See
denomination Melkite Greek Catholic
surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Church
ecclesiasticalJurisdictionForm personal and historical rather than strictly territorial in the modern era
ecclesiasticalRankWithinCatholicChurch patriarch of an Eastern Catholic Church
governsFaithfulOf Melkite Greek Catholics historically connected to Alexandria
hasEcclesiologicalStatus head of a patriarchal church in the Eastern Catholic tradition
heldConcurrentlyBy Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
hierarchicalRank patriarch
historicalOriginContext Melkite community that accepted the Council of Chalcedon
honorificStyle His Beatitude
inFullCommunionWith Pope
surface form: Pope of Rome
jurisdictionType patriarchate
languageTradition Arabic
Greek
linkedToCity Alexandria, Egypt
liturgicalTradition Byzantine tradition
oneOf three traditional Melkite patriarchal titles
oversees Melkite Greek Catholic faithful associated with the historic see of Alexandria
partOf Melkite Greek Catholic
surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Church
patriarchalSee Alexandria
patriarchalTerritoryTraditionallyIncludes Egypt
neighboring regions of North Africa
patriarchalTitleUsage included in the full style of the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousTradition Eastern Catholicism
rite Byzantine Rite
sisterTitleWith Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem
subjectTo Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
suiIurisChurchType Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Eastern Catholic Church
titleCombinesWith Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem
titleScope spiritual leadership rather than direct civil authority
titleUsedBy head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
traditionalTitleOf Melkite patriarch
traditionWithinCatholicChurch Byzantine-rite Eastern Catholic

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Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark distinctFrom Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria
Coptic Catholic Church patriarchTitle Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria
this entity surface form: Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts
Cyril Lucar positionHeld Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria
this entity surface form: Patriarch of Alexandria