Apostolic Prefecture Emdeber

The Apostolic Prefecture Emdeber ( lat. : Apostolica praefectura Endeberensis ) was in what is now Ethiopia situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture based in Emdeber .

history

The Apostolic Prefecture Emdeber was on February 13, 1940 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quo intra fines from cessions of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma . On October 31, 1951, the Apostolic Prefecture Emdeber was by Pius XII. dissolved and the territory was annexed to the Apostolic Exarchate Addis Ababa .

In 1950 there were 6,000 Catholics living in the area of ​​the Apostolic Prefecture Emdeber. The Apostolic Prefecture was divided into two parishes and had three priests .

The only Apostolic Prefect was Federico da Baselga OFMCap .

See also

• List of former Catholic dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Ethiopia

Web links

• Entry on Apostolic Prefecture Emdeber on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry about the Apostolic Prefecture Emdeber on Giga-Catholic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Quo intra fines , AAS 32 (1940), n.12, p. 467f.