Eritrean Catholic Church

Quick Facts

Tradition: Christianity · Catholic · Eastern
Current leader: Metropolitan Menghesteab Tesfamariam
Leader since: January 19th 2015
Days in office: –

Intro

The Eritrean Catholic Church is an autonomous Eastern Catholic church in Eritrea that uses the Alexandrian Rite in Ge'ez and was separated from the Ethiopian Catholic Church in 2015.

Structure

There are four eparchies (bishoprics) in the country:

The metropolitan see is the Archeparchy of Asmara
The Eparchy of Barentu with faithful drawn largely from the Kunama people
The Eparchy of Keren with the highest percentage of the local population (nearly 12%) and with faithful drawn largely from the Bilen people
The Eparchy of Segheneyti in the country's Southern Administrative Region.

Source(s)

Source: Intro adapted from the Wikipedia article "Eritrean Catholic Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Structure section text copied verbatim from the Wikipedia article "Eritrean Catholic Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.