Ethiopian Catholic Church

Quick Facts

Tradition: Christianity · Catholic · Eastern
Current leader: Metropolitan Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Leader since: July 7th 1999
Days in office: –

Intro

The Ethiopian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic church based in Ethiopia that uses the Alexandrian Rite in Ge'ez and is in communion with the Holy See.

Structure

There are four eparchies (bishoprics) in the country:

A map of Ethiopian Catholic jurisdictions

Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (metropolitan see)
Eparchy of Adigrat
Eparchy of Bahir Dar–Dessie
Eparchy of Emdeber

Source(s)

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

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