Diocese of Jimma–Bonga
Gimmaën(sis)-Bongan(us)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Jimma–Bonga, Ethiopia
Jimma-Bonga is a Latin rite Apostolic Vicariate (not a full diocese) in southwestern Ethiopia, established as a prefecture in 1994 and raised to a vicariate in 2009. It is exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See, with its see at the Pro-Cathedral Lideta Mariam in Bonga, led by Vicar Apostolic Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2009
- Latin
- Gimmaën(sis)-Bongan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000419
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 12,000
- Population
- 5,272,750
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 324
- Extent
- 57,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Markos Ghebremedhin
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 Lideta Mariam stands in Jimma–Bonga, 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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.