Diocese of Hosanna
Hosannen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Hosanna, Ethiopia
Hosanna is a Latin Church Apostolic Vicariate in Ethiopia, first established as an Apostolic Prefecture in 1940 and restored as a vicariate in 2010. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and is led by Bishop Seyoum Fransua Noel, appointed in 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 January 2010
- Latin
- Hosannen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000410
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 143,204
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 2,754
- Extent
- 8,214 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Seyoum Franso Noel
- Born
- 20 August 1970
- Birthplace
- Waragu
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Hosanna, 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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].