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Diocese of Robe

Roben(sis)

Robe is an Apostolic Prefecture of the Latin Church in Ethiopia, erected in 2012 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Meki and depending directly on the Holy See. It is led by Apostolic Prefect Angelo Antolini, a Capuchin Franciscan.

The see

Rank
Apostolic prefecture
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 February 2012
Latin
Roben(sis)
Annuario code
001000488

The see in figures

Catholics
1,112

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

Apostolic Prefect
Angelo Antolini
Born
24 May 1953
Birthplace
Santa Vittoria in Matenano
Institute
O.F.M. Cap.

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 Emmanuel, Robe stands in Robe, 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.

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Sources

The see's own website

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].