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Suffragan eparchy Emdeber, Ethiopia

Diocese of Emdeber

Emdeberen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
Emdeber, Ethiopia, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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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.

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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.