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Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia






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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 (inSydney alone it is estimated that there are 70,000 Copts, with numbers in Melbourne in the tens of thousands).[1]

Dioceses[edit]

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  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)

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