Suffragan eparchy Barentu, Eritrea
Diocese of Barentu
Barentuan(us)
Alexandrian tradition
The Eparchy of Barentu is an Eritrean Catholic Church (Alexandrian rite) eparchy in Eritrea, established in 1995 and transferred to the Eritrean Catholic Church in 2015 as a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Asmara. Eparch Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap., has led it since 2001.
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- Established
- 1995
- Catholics
- 56,000
- Priests
- 29
- Territory
- 37,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap.
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Michael, Barentu stands in Barentu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.