Church Province of Eritrea
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| church | Eritrean Catholic Church |
| Country | Eritrea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Asmara |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Barentu Keren Segheneity |
| Metropolitan | Menghisteab Tesfamariam MCCJ |
| surface | 124,320 km² |
| Parishes | (January 19, 2015) |
| Residents | 2,825,511 (January 19, 2015) |
| Catholics | 155,480 (January 19, 2015) |
| proportion of | 5.5% |
| Diocesan priest | (January 19, 2015) |
| Religious priest | (January 19, 2015) |
| Permanent deacons | (January 19, 2015) |
| Friars | (January 19, 2015) |
| Religious sisters | (January 19, 2015) |
The ecclesiastical province of Eritrea is the only ecclesiastical province of the Eritrean Catholic Church which, as the Metropolitan Church sui iuris, forms a rite church of the Roman Catholic Church .
The ecclesiastical province of Eritrea was established on January 19, 2015 through the division of the ecclesiastical province of Addis Ababa by Pope Francis as part of the establishment of the Eritrean Catholic Church . It covers the entire territory of Eritrea . It has four eparchies:
The previous eparch of Asmara, Menghisteab Tesfamariam MCCJ , was named the first metropolitan of Eritrea .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione della Chiesa Metropolitana sui iuris eritrea e nomina del primo Metropolita. In: Daily Statements by the Press Office of the Holy See. Holy See Press Office , January 19, 2015, accessed January 20, 2015 (Italian).