Diocese of Meki
Mekien(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Meki, Ethiopia
The Apostolic Vicariate of Meki is a Latin rite jurisdiction in Ethiopia, immediately subject to the Holy See. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1980 and promoted to an apostolic vicariate in 1991, led by Bishop Abraham Desta.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 December 1991
- Latin
- Mekien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000425
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 41,024
- Population
- 5,855,029
- Catholic share
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 1,465
- Extent
- 156,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Abraham Desta
- Born
- 21 March 1951
- Birthplace
- Medea-Sebea
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
Kidane Miheret Cathedral stands in Meki, 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
Meki, in Ethiopia, is the seat of a Latin Catholic apostolic vicariate (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Mekviensis).
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].