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Diocese of Segheneity

Segheneiten(sis)

The Eparchy of Segheneity is an eparchy of the Eritrean Catholic Church (Ge'ez/Alexandrian rite, not Latin rite), erected in 2012 and suffragan to the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara. Its eparch since 2012 is Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim.

The see

Rank
Suffragan eparchy
Tradition
Alexandrian tradition
Erected
24 February 2012
Latin
Segheneiten(sis)
Patron
San Giustino de Jacobis
Annuario code
001003021

The see in figures

Catholics
35,557
Population
850,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
4.2%
Priests
66
Catholics per priest
539
Extent
29,499 km²
Catholics per km²
1.2

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

Eparch
Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim
Born
23 October 1970
Birthplace
Addis Ababa

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 the Archangel stands in Segheneity, 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 · 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.