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Eparchy of Emdeber, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 (Ethiopic Rite)

History

  • 2003.11.25: Established as Diocese of Emdeber / Emdibir / Indibir / Emdeberen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba and became suffragan of Addis Abeba)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Emdeber (Ethiopic Rite)

Bishop Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae (52)Bishop Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae (52)
(2024.08.23 – ...)

Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Musiè Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (75)Bishop Musiè Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (75)
(2003.11.25 – 2024.08.23)

Bishop emeritus of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Born:1949.07.26 (Aderho, Eritrea)
Ordained Priest:1976.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:2004.02.08

Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (2003.11.25 – 2024.08.23)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,000 km²

Population: 27,020 Catholics (0.6% of 4,159,278 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 29 priests (18 diocesan, 11 religious), 71 religious (11 brothers, 60 sisters), 9 seminarians