Apostolic Vicariate of Port-Said
The Apostolic Vicariate of Port-Said was a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in eastern Egypt.
It was exempt, i.e., directly dependent on the Holy See, and not part of any ecclesiastical province.
History
Established on 12 July 1926 as Apostolic Vicariate of Suez Canal, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt.Renamed on 1951.01.27 as Apostolic Vicariate of Port-Said, after its see
United on 1987.11.30 by merger. Its former cathedral see, Notre dame and St. Michael, remains a Co-cathedral.
Episcopal ordinaries
;Apostolic Vicar of Suez Canal- Victor Colomban Dreyer, Capuchin Franciscans, Titular Bishop of Orthosia, previously Apostolic Vicar of Rabat ; later Apostolic Delegate to Indochina, Titular Archbishop of Adulis
- Ange-Marie-Paul Hiral, Friars Minor, Titular Bishop of Sululos
- René-Fernand-Bernardin Collin, O.F.M., succeeding as former Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Port-Said & Titular Bishop of Dura ; later Bishop of Digne
- Egidio Sampieri, O.F.M., also Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania, Apostolic Vicar of mother and successor jurisdiction Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt, last Apostolic Vicar of Heliopolis of Egypt