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:''This article is about Coptic Orthodoxy in the United States. For Coptic American. For a list of Coptic parishes in the US, see list of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States'' The immigration of the Copts to the United States of America started as early as the late 1940s. After 1952, the rate of Coptic immigration from Egypt to the United States increased. The first Coptic church in the United States is St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, which was established in the late 1960s in Jersey City. There are many Coptic Orthodox churches and Congregations in the United States. Estimated numbers of adherents, based on church membership, was between 350,000 and 420,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Why CCU?'' )〕 Based on the estimates of certain Coptic organizations, the number was between 700,000 and one million 〔 () () () () in the year 2002. Currently, there are over 200 parishes in the United States that serve the expanding Coptic Orthodox population.〔"(Coptic Church Urges Thorough Investigation In Murder of Jersey City Family )". ''Coptic Church Network'', January 20, 2005. Accessed August 11, 2008.〕〔(CNEWA: The Coptic Orthodox Church )〕 The Church does have a large population when compared to other smaller Christian bodies, yet is among one of the least known Christian Churches and the least known large Orthodox bodies. ==Bishops and Dioceses== There are five Coptic Orthodox Bishops serving in the United States: *Serapion (b. 1951), Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California & Hawaii & Abbot of the Monastery of St. Anthony in California (1995). *Youssef, Bishop of the Southern Diocese & Abbot of the Monastery of Most Holy Virgin Mary & Saint Moses the Strong in Corpus Christi, Texas. *Karas, General Bishop & Patriarchal Exarch in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, Archdiocese of North America. *David, Bishop of the Holy Diocese of New York and New England. *Michael, Suffragan Bishop of the Holy Suffragan Diocese of Alexandria and all Virginia, USA, assistant to the Pope. And as for the Eritrean Orthodox Church congregation, Macarius, Bishop of the Eritrean Church in the USA. Member of the Eritrean Holy Synod. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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