On Tuesday, the Coptic Catholic Church announced the death of Bishop Youhanna Golta, the Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria of the Copts, at the age of 85 years.
In a statement, the church's media office announced that the arrangements for funeral prayer will be announced soon.
Golta was ordained to the priesthood in 1960. He served as auxiliary and curial bishop of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria, Egypt, from 1986 until his retirement in 2020.