Diocese of Keren

Keren(sis)

Suffragan eparchy · Alexandrian tradition · Keren, Eritrea

The Eparchy of Keren is an Eritrean (Ge'ez) Rite Catholic see in Eritrea, erected on 21 December 1995 from the Eparchy of Asmara. It is suffragan to the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Michael in Keren.

The see

Rank: Suffragan eparchy
Tradition: Alexandrian tradition
Erected: 21 December 1995
Latin: Keren(sis)
Annuario code: 001001834

The see in figures

Catholics: 39,000
Population: 471,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 8.3%
Priests: 73
Catholics per priest: 534
Extent: 25,949 km²
Catholics per km²: 1.5

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: Kidane Yebio
Born: 25 January 1958
Birthplace: Shinnara

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

Cathedral of St. Michael stands in Keren, 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 Asmara

A suffragan of Archeparchy of Asmara.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.