Established on May 18, 1839 as Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt and Arabia, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo in Syria, then covering vast territory in Africa and Arabia Lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Jedda in 1840 and again on 1846.04.03 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt in 1851 Lost territory on several occasions to establish Coptic Catholic Diocese of Iskanderiya (Alexandria) in 1895 Apostolic Prefecture of the Nile Delta on 1886.01.25 Apostolic Prefecture of Eritrea on 1894.09.13 the Coptic Catholic Patriarchal See of Alexandria, Coptic Catholic Diocese of Luqsor and Coptic Catholic Diocese of Minya on 1895.11.26 Apostolic Vicariate of Canal of Suez on 1926.07.12