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Diocese of Hosanna

Hosannen(sis)

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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Sources

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.