Christianity in Minya Governorate
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Christianity is the religion of large part of the population in Minya Governorate in Egypt. The Copts made up 19.4% of the population in the year 1914[1] and even today they form the majority in some parts of the governorate, as Copts presently account approximately 40% of Minya Government region.[2] There exists a Minya eparchy of the Coptic Catholic Church, which is part of the Roman Catholic Church. Antonios Naguib, the Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, was born in Salamout in 1935.[3] The area also has a quite large Protestant population.[4]