Diocese of Keren
Keren(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Geez · Keren, Eritrea
The Eparchy of Keren is an Eritrean (Ge'ez) Rite Catholic see in Eritrea, erected on 21 December 1995 from the Eparchy of Asmara. It is suffragan to the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Michael in Keren.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Geez
- Erected
- 21 December 1995
- Latin
- Keren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001834
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 39,000
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
- Eparch
- Kidane Yebio
- Born
- 25 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Shinnara
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
Cathedral of St. Michael stands in Keren, 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.
The province of Asmara
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Asmara.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AsmaraAsmara
- Diocese of BarentuBarentu
- Diocese of SegheneitySegheneity
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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
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].