Diocese of Harar
Hararen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Harar, Ethiopia
Harar is a Latin Church Apostolic Vicariate in eastern Ethiopia, established in 1846 as the Vicariate of Galla and renamed Harar in 1937. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and is led by Bishop Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1937
- Latin
- Hararen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000409
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,510
- Population
- 6,453,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 1,536
- Extent
- 260,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Bishop
- Angelo Pagano
- Born
- 15 January 1954
- Birthplace
- Asmara
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI
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
Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Name of Mary stands in Harar, 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.
History
Centered on the city of Harar in Ethiopia, the Apostolic Vicariate of Harar (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Hararensis) is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate. Its territory takes in the East and West Hararghe zones together with the Fentale and Boset woredas of East Shewa in Oromiya Region; the Harari Region Provisional Administration of Dire Dawa; the Somali Region apart from the Afder and Liben Zones; and the Amibara worda of Afar Region.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.