Diocese of Emdeber
Emdeberen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Alexandrian tradition · Emdeber, Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Emdeber is an Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Ethiopian Catholic Church (Ge'ez rite) covering parts of the Gurage and West Shoa zones. It is suffragan to the Archeparchy of Addis Abeba.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Alexandrian tradition
- Erected
- 25 November 2003
- Latin
- Emdeberen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001001362
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 24,000
- Population
- 6,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.4%
- Priests
- 29
- Catholics per priest
- 828
- Extent
- 9,176 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae
- Born
- 10 June 1972
- Birthplace
- Guraghe
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Anthony Cathedral, Emdibir stands in Emdeber, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Addis Abeba
A suffragan of Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Addis AbebaAddis Abeba
- Diocese of AdigratAdigrat
- Diocese of Bahir Dar–DessieBahir Dar–Dessie
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
An Eastern Catholic diocese of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Emdeber (Latin: Emdeberen(sis)) is suffragan to the Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Ababa. It takes its name from the town of Emdibir, where its cathedral, St. Anthony Cathedral, Endibir, is located. The name of both eparchy and town appears in several transliterations: Eparchy of Emdibir, Endibir, Endeber and Indibir.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.