Eparchy Keren
| Eparchy Keren | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Eritrean Catholic Church |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Ecclesiastical province | Eritrea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Asmara Archeparchy |
| Diocesan bishop | Kidane Yebio |
| founding | 1993 |
| surface | 25,949 km² |
| Parishes | 49 (January 19, 2015) |
| Residents | 445,860 (January 19, 2015) |
| Catholics | 48,494 (January 19, 2015) |
| proportion of | 10.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (January 19, 2015) |
| Religious priest | 21 (January 19, 2015) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.010 |
| Permanent deacons | 0 (January 19, 2015) |
| Friars | 79 (January 19, 2015) |
| Religious sisters | 52 (January 19, 2015) |
| rite | Ethiopian Rite ( Alexandrian Rite ) |
| cathedral | St. Michael |
| address | POBox 460 Keren, Eritrea |
| Website | http://www.eparchyofkeren.com/default.php |
The Eparchy Keren ( Latin Eparchia Kerensis ) located in Eritrea is a diocese of the Eritrean Catholic Church , which is united with the Roman Catholic Church .
history
Taken from the Asmara eparchy of the Ethiopian Catholic Church on December 21, 1995 , it counted 49,889 (5.4%) believers in 26 parishes with 25 diocesan priests , 17 religious priests and 53 religious sisters in 1999 . By 2002 it had grown to 51,321 (11.3%) believers in 27 parishes with 20 diocesan priests, 12 religious priests and 45 religious sisters.
With the establishment of the Eritrean Catholic Church on January 19, 2015, the eparchy was subordinate to the Archeparch Asmara as a suffragan.
Bishops
- Tesfamariam Bedho (1995-2002)
- Kidane Yebio (since 2003)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione della Chiesa Metropolitana sui iuris eritrea e nomina del primo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 19, 2015, accessed January 19, 2015 (Italian).