Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England, also referred to as the Coptic Diocese of New York, is a diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It was founded in 2013 and encompasses the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont in the United States of America. The diocese's first and current bishop is His Grace Bishop David. The first Copts from Egypt immigrated to the United States in the 1940s. By the 1970s, many had settled in New York and
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