Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba
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Metropolitan Archeparchy of Addis Ababa Neanthopolitanus |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Addis Ababa |
| Metropolitan | Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel |
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| Denomination | Ethiopian Catholic |
| Rite | Ge'ez Rite |
| Established | 1839/1961 |
| Cathedral | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun |
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| Website | |
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The Metropolitan Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Ababa sui iuris (Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics) is an archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) and the Metropolitan See of the Ecclesiastical province of Addis Abeba, covering the entire country, which has three suffragans, all in Ethiopia.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in national capital Addis Abeba.
The Metropolitan Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel is also the head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church sui iuris (Eastern Catholic, Alexandrian Rite in Archaic Ge'ez), which comprises only his province. Yet even he still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
He is styled Primate of Ethiopia, which country also has an overlapping Latin hierarchy, so far only comprising nine exempt missionary pre-diocesan jurisdictions.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 27,713 Ethiopian [Eastern] Catholics (0.1% of 30,302,000 total) on 253,000 km² in 23 parishes and 7 missions with 187 priests (26 diocesan, 161 religious), 494 lay religious (176 brothers, 318 sisters) and 64 seminarians.
Its suffragan eparchies (diocesan sees) are :
The present Archeparchy was established in 1839 as the huge (Latin Catholic) Apostolic Prefecture of Abyssinia, formed and based in Keren,Eritrea, on territory removed from the jurisdiction of the even vaster Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus.
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