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Eparchy of Bahir Dar–Dessie, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 (Ethiopic Rite)

History

  • 2015.01.19: Established as Diocese of Bahir Dar–Dessie / Bahirdardessien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba and became suffragan of Addis Abeba)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bahir Dar–Dessie (Ethiopic Rite)

Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun (65)Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun (65)
(2015.01.19 – ...)

Bishop of Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 224,350 km²

Population: 18,000 Catholics (0.1% of 22,117,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 28 priests (3 diocesan, 25 religious), 87 religious (32 brothers, 55 sisters), 12 seminarians