Apostolic Vicariate Awassa

	Apostolic Vicariate Awassa
Basic data
Country	Ethiopia
Apostolic Vicar	Roberto Bergamaschi SDS
Apostolic Vicar Emeritus	Lorenzo Ceresoli MCCJ
founding	1937
surface	75,000 km²
Parishes	19 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Residents	5,600,000 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Catholics	57,417 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
proportion of	1 %
Diocesan priest	11 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Religious priest	48 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Catholics per priest	973
Permanent deacons	1 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 )
Friars	56 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Religious sisters	70 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
rite	Roman rite

The Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa ( Latin apostolicus Vicariatus Avasanus ) is in Ethiopia situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate based in Awasa .

history

Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Neghelli with the Apostolic Constitution Quo in Ethiopia on March 25, 1937 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Galla and the Apostolic Prefecture Kaffa .

On February 13, 1940, it lost part of its territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Hosanna .

On October 15, 1969, she took the name Awasa Apostolic Prefecture. With the Apostolic Constitution Qui volente Deo she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Neghelli

Gabriele Arosio PIME (May 21, 1937–1942)
Urbain-Marie Person OFMCap (January 2, 1952 - October 15, 1969)

Apostolic Prefect of Awasa

Urbain-Marie Person OFMCap (October 15, 1969 - February 16, 1973)
Armido Gasparini MCCJ (February 16, 1973 - March 15, 1979)

Vicars Apostolic of Awasa

Armido Gasparini MCCJ (March 15, 1979 - December 20, 1993)
Lorenzo Ceresoli MCCJ (December 20, 1993 - March 21, 2009)
Giovanni Migliorati MCCJ (March 21, 2009– May 12, 2016)
Roberto Bergamaschi SDS (since June 29, 2016)

Web links

Entry on Vicariate Apostolic of Awasa on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 26, 2014.
Entry on Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa on gcatholic.org (English)