Antonios Naguib

Catholic cardinal patriarch

Antonios I Naguib (in Arabic أنطونيوس الأول نجيب; 18 March 1935 – 28 March 2022) was an Egyptian cardinal. He was the Coptic Catholic Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria from 2006 until 2013. He was also the Bishop of Minya from 1977 until 2002.


Antonios I Naguib
أنطونيوس الأول نجيب
Cardinal Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria
ChurchCoptic Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAlexandria
SeeAlexandria
Appointed30 March 2006
Term ended15 January 2013
PredecessorStéphanos II Ghattas
SuccessorIbrahim Isaac Sidrak
Orders
Ordination30 October 1960
Consecration9 September 1977
by Stephanos I Sidarouss
Created cardinal20 November 2010
by Pope Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Bishop Patriarch
Personal details
Birth nameAntonios Naguib
Born(1935-03-18)18 March 1935
Samalut, Egypt
Died28 March 2022(2022-03-28) (aged 87)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
DenominationCoptic Catholic Church
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Naguib died on 28 March 2022 in Cairo, Egypt at the age of 87.[1]

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