Apostolic Vicariate Asmara
| Apostolic Vicariate Asmara | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Eritrea |
| Parishes | 19 (1990 / AP 1991 ) |
| Residents | 2,300,000 (1990 / AP 1991 ) |
| Catholics | 29,622 (1990 / AP 1991 ) |
| proportion of | 1.3% |
| Religious priest | 41 (1990 / AP 1991 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 722 |
| Friars | 56 (1990 / AP 1991 ) |
| Religious sisters | 120 (1990 / AP 1991 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Asmara ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Asmarensis Latinorum ) was in Eritrea situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Asmara .
It was founded on September 13, 1894 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Abyssinia as the Apostolic Prefecture of Eritrea , raised to the Apostolic Vicariate on February 7, 1911 and changed its name to the Apostolic Vicariate Asmara on July 25, 1959. On July 4, 1930, an ordinariate for the indigenous people was established, and the vicariate was only responsible for Latin believers in Eritrea. It was disbanded on December 21, 1995. Since then, all Catholic believers in Eritrea, including those of the Latin Rite Church, have been subject to the local Eastern Church jurisdiction of the Eritrean Catholic Church .
Ordinaries
- Camillo Francesco Carrara , OFM Cap. (1910-1924)
- Celestino Annibale Cattaneo , OFM Cap. (1925–1936)
- Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni , OFM Cap. (1936–1961)
- Zenone Albino Testa , OFM Cap. (1961–1971)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decree Ut saluti animarum , in: Le canoniste contemporain , Year 18, pp 56-57, Paris 1895
- ^ Changes in Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions in Eritrea , GCatholic.com