Diocese of Hosanna
Hosannen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Hosanna, Ethiopia
Hosanna is a Latin Church Apostolic Vicariate in Ethiopia, first established as an Apostolic Prefecture in 1940 and restored as a vicariate in 2010. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and is led by Bishop Seyoum Fransua Noel, appointed in 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 January 2010
- Latin
- Hosannen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000410
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 143,204
- Population
- 2,921,340
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.9%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 2,754
- Extent
- 8,214 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Seyoum Franso Noel
- Born
- 20 August 1970
- Birthplace
- Waragu
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. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Hosanna, 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.
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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.