Antonios Aziz Mina

Antonios Aziz Mina (born 9 February 1955) is an Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch. He served as the Bishop of the Eparchy of Giza from 2006 until his resignation in 2017. Previously, he served as a curial official in the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches and as an auxiliary bishop for the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria.

Early life and ministry Antonios Aziz Mina was born in Minya, Egypt, on 9 February 1955. After completing his primary and secondary education, he pursued studies in philosophy and theology. He was ordained a priest for the Eparchy of Minya on 9 June 1978. During his tenure in the Roman Curia, he also served as a judge on the ecclesiastical tribunal of the Vicariate of Rome and taught Eastern Canon Law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute.

Episcopate On 19 December 2002, the Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church elected him as an auxiliary bishop for the Patriarchate of Alexandria. Pope John Paul II granted his assent to the election on 21 December 2002, assigning him the titular see of Mareotes. He was formally installed in Guizeh on 5 February 2006. He also participated in the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East held at the Vatican in October 2010, where he highlighted the pastoral challenges of Christian emigration from the region.

On 23 January 2017, Pope Francis accepted his resignation from the pastoral governance of the Eparchy of Giza.