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{{cleanup|Needs ''This article is about Coptic Orthodoxy in Australia. For a clear introduction; list of Coptic parishes in Australia, see the [[OW:SM]].}}{{stub}}{{oriental}}Australia has a large number List of Egyptian Christian immigrants, mainly Coptic Orthodox. This immigration mainly started Churches in the late 1960sAustralia]].''

The Congregations of the '''[[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox congregations Church in Australia ]]''' are served by two Coptic Orthodox [[dioceseDiocese]]s with over 50 [[parish]]es, two [[monastery|monasteries]]Monasteries, two theological colleges Colleges and five schools. The Coptic Church is a member of National Council of Churches in Australia. Currently, the Coptic Orthodox Church has as many 100,000 members in Australia (in Sydney alone it is estimated that there are 70,000 Copts, with numbers in Melbourne in the tens of thousands) <ref>In the year 2003, there was an estimated 70,000 Copts in New South Wales alone: - {{cite hansard | url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20031112040 | house=Parliament of NSW - Legislative Council | date= 12 November 2003| page=Page: 4772: - ''Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust Amendment Bill''}}</ref>.

==Diocese of Melbourne, West and South Australia, New Zealand and All OceaniaSee also== His Grace Suriel is Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania.  The following is a list of the churches under the Diocese:{{orientalchurches}}{{orthodoxyinaustralasiasmall}}*St. Mark; Kaleen, ACT*St. Mark; Auckland, NZ*St. Mary & St Athanasius; Christchurch, NZ*Archangel Michael; Dunedin, NZ*St. Mary & St. Bishoy; Cowandilla, SA*St. Demiana & St. Abraam; Newstead, TAS*St. Bishoy & St. Shenouda; Bulleen, VIC*Archangel Michael & St. Anthony; Oakleigh, VIC*St. Anthony's Monastery; Heathcote, VIC*[[Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne Headquarters & St Athanasius Church; Donvale, VIC]]*St. George; St. Albans, VIC*St. Mark; Preston, VIC*St. Mary; Kensington, VIC*St. Mina & St. Marina; Hallam, VIC*St. Mark & St. George; Wanneroo, WA*St. Mary & Archangel Michael; East Victoria Park, WA*St. Mark; Suva, Fiji*St. Mary; Tavenui, Fiji*St. Antony & St. Athanasius; Pacific Harbour, Fiji ==Diocese of Sydney, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and All East Asia==His Grace Daniel is Bishop of the Holy [[Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and All East Asia. The following is a list of the churches under the Diocese and the priests serving in each church: *'''St. Mary & St. Mina Cathedral; Bexley, NSW'''**Fr Samuel Guirguis**Fr Estephanous El-Antouny**Fr Bassilious Gad**Fr Youssef Fanous*'''Anba Abraam & Pope Shenouda Coptic Centre; Long Point, NSW'''**Fr Mina Discoros**Fr Paula Elkomos Balamon*'''Anba Abraam & Fr. Mikhail El-Behery; Peakhurst, NSW'''**Fr Moussa Soliman*'''Archangel Michael & St Bishoy; Mt Druitt, NSW'''**Fr Antonious Kaldas**Fr Botros Morkos**Fr Gabriel Yassa**Fr Bishoy Botros*'''St. Antonious & St. Paula; Guildford, NSW'''**Fr Tadros Samaan**Fr Shenouda Mansour**Fr Suriel Hanna*'''St. Barbara & Abba Nofer the Hermit; Campbelltown, NSW*'''St. George; Kensington, NSW'''**Fr Markos Tawfik**Fr Rafael Iskander**Fr Matthew Attia*'''St. George & Prince Tadros; Liverpool, NSW'''**Fr Gawargios Ramandious*'''St. Demiana & St. Athanasius; Punchbowl, NSW'''**Fr Hanna Gad**Fr George Nakhil*'''St. Mark; Arncliffe, NSW'''**Fr Yacoub Magdy**Fr Augustinos Nada**Fr Jonathan Ishak*'''St. Mary & St. Mercurius Abu Sefein; Rhodes, NSW'''**Fr Bishoy Yassa**Fr Youhanna Bestawros**Fr Mikhail Mikhail*'''St. Mary, St. Bakhomious & St. Shenouda; Kirrawee, NSW'''**Fr Tadros El-Bakhoumi**Fr Sharobim Sharobim*'''St. Mary & St. Sidhom Bishay; Dural, NSW'''**Fr Misael El-Antouny*'''St. Mary & St. Marina; Liandilo, NSW'''**Fr Louka Malik*'''St. Paul & St. Ruweis; Collaroy, NSW'''**Fr Makarios Ibrahim*'''The Apostles & St Abanoub; Blacktown, NSW'''**Fr Pavlos Hanna**Fr Athanasius Ibrahim**Fr Arsanius Barsoum*'''St. Mary & St. George; Minmi, NSW'''**Fr Demian El-Antouny Ava Moussa*'''St. Mary & St. John the Beloved; Wagga Wagga, NSW'''**Fr Yustus Wasif*'''St. Maximos & St. Domadios; Goulburn, NSW'''*'''St. John the Baptist & Elijah the Prophet; Dubbo, NSW'''*'''St. Mary & St Joseph; Calamvale, QLD'''**Fr David Mahrous*'''St. Mina & St Antonious; Southport, QLD'''**Fr Yacoub El-Antouny*'''The Four Incorporeal Creatures Church; Bribie Island, QLD'''*'''St. Mark & St George; Strathpine, QLD'''**Fr Moussa El-Antouny*'''St. Mary & St Antonious Monastery; Beaudesert, QLD'''*'''St. Mary, St Moses the Mighty & St Takla Haimanot; Darwin, NT'''*'''St. George; Kagoshima, Japan'''**Fr Thomas Kanazaki*'''St. Mark & St. George; Bangkok, Thailand'''**Fr Silwanis El-Antouny*'''St. Mark; Singapore'''*'''St. Thomas; Hong Kong'''*'''St. Mary & Archangel Michael; Guangzhou, China'''*'''St. Mary & St. Mark; Malacca, Malaysia'''**Fr Joseph Sim]]

*[http://www.copticmelbcopts.org.au Coptic Orthodox Diocese of SydneyMelbourne]*[http://www.melbcoptscoptic.org.au Coptic Orthodox Diocese of MelbourneSydney]

==See alsoReferences==*[[Coptic calendar]]*[[List of Coptic Popes]]*[[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)]]<references/>*[[Shenouda III (Gayyid) of Alexandria]]*[[''The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Church of Alexandria]]*[[Oriental Orthodoxy]]*[[Coptic Orthodox Church in Europe]]Australia 1969-1995'', by Fr Matthew Attia, formerly Mr Maged Attia