Suffragan eparchy Emdeber, Ethiopia
Diocese of Emdeber
Emdeberen(sis)
Alexandrian tradition
The Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Emdeber is an Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Ethiopian Catholic Church (Ge'ez rite) covering parts of the Gurage and West Shoa zones. It is suffragan to the Archeparchy of Addis Abeba.
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- Established
- 2003
- Catholics
- 24,000
- Priests
- 29
- Territory
- 9,176 km²
Parishes and churches
27 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Cathedral ChurchEmdibir · CathedralView parish
- Amanuel ChurchAturcheView parish
- Amanuel ChurchGunchireView parish
- Astereyo Mariam ChurchYeterekView parish
- Astereyo Mariam ChurchKulitView parish
- Holy Savior ChurchAwyatieView parish
- Holy Savior ChurchGuagureboraView parish
- Holy Trinity ChurchDakunaView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchZizenchoView parish
- Kidane Mihret ChurchOmaView parish
- Lideta Mariam ChurchMekanaView parish
- Nativity of Our Lady ChurchYerorView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchAttatView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchMegenasseView parish
- St. Gabriel ChurchYekmeneView parish
- St. Gabriel ChurchAmureView parish
- St. Gabriel ChurchWolisoView parish
- St. George ChurchMederchoView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchBurat GhetoView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchDibretyeView parish
- St. Mark ChurchNadeneView parish
- St. Michael ChurchWelkiteView parish
- St. Peter and Paul ChurchGirarView parish
- St. Raphael ChurchYeforehenaView parish
- St. Stefanos ChurchShebraberView parish
- Tsyon Mariam ChurchWegepechaView parish
- Tsyon Mariam ChurchKocheraView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae
- Born
- 10 June 1972
- Birthplace
- Guraghe
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The cathedral
St. Anthony Cathedral, Emdibir stands in Emdeber, 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.
History
An Eastern Catholic diocese of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Emdeber (Latin: Emdeberen(sis)) is suffragan to the Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Ababa. It takes its name from the town of Emdibir, where its cathedral, St. Anthony Cathedral, Endibir, is located. The name of both eparchy and town appears in several transliterations: Eparchy of Emdibir, Endibir, Endeber and Indibir.