Eparchy Segheneity
| Eparchy Segheneity | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Eritrean Catholic Church |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Ecclesiastical province | Eritrea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Asmara Archeparchy |
| Diocesan bishop | Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim |
| founding | 2012 |
| surface | 29,499 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (January 19, 2015) |
| Residents | 306,636 (January 19, 2015) |
| Catholics | 35,557 (January 19, 2015) |
| proportion of | 11.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 30 (January 19, 2015) |
| Religious priest | 22 (January 19, 2015) |
| Catholics per priest | 684 |
| Friars | 70 (January 19, 2015) |
| rite | Ethiopian Rite ( Alexandrian Rite ) |
| cathedral | archangel Michael |
| Website | http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/segh0.htm |
The eparchy Segheneity ( Latin Eparchia Segheneitensis ) is in Eritrea preferred eparchy of the Eritrean Catholic Church based in Segheneity .
history
The Eparchy Segheneity was founded on February 24, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Erected from cessions of territory by the Asmara eparchy and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Addis Ababa of the Ethiopian Catholic Church as a suffragan . First Bishop was Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim .
With the establishment of the Eritrean Catholic Church on January 19, 2015, the eparchy was subordinate to the Archeparch Asmara as a suffragan.
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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).