The total number of priests in Sohag exceeded 100 after Abba Pachom, bishop of Suhag and Abba Pernapa, Bishop of Turin and Rome, had ordained 6 new priests.
The new priests are Fathers Pernapa Magdy, Antonious Faghry, Estiphanos Rashad, Flimon Fouad, Michael Moris and Youhana Potros.