Diocese of Jimma–Bonga
Gimmaën(sis)-Bongan(us)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Jimma–Bonga, Ethiopia
Jimma-Bonga is a Latin rite Apostolic Vicariate (not a full diocese) in southwestern Ethiopia, established as a prefecture in 1994 and raised to a vicariate in 2009. It is exempt and directly dependent on the Holy See, with its see at the Pro-Cathedral Lideta Mariam in Bonga, led by Vicar Apostolic Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2009
- Latin
- Gimmaën(sis)-Bongan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000419
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 12,000
- Extent
- 57,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Markos Ghebremedhin
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
Pro-Cathedral Lideta Mariam stands in Jimma–Bonga, 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].