Diocese of Segheneity
Segheneiten(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Geez · Segheneity, Eritrea
The Eparchy of Segheneity is an eparchy of the Eritrean Catholic Church (Ge'ez/Alexandrian rite, not Latin rite), erected in 2012 and suffragan to the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara. Its eparch since 2012 is Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Geez
- Erected
- 24 February 2012
- Latin
- Segheneiten(sis)
- Patron
- San Giustino de Jacobis
- Annuario code
- 001003021
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,557
- Population
- 850,000
- Catholic share
- 4.2%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 539
- Extent
- 29,499 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
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
- Eparch
- Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim
- Born
- 23 October 1970
- Birthplace
- Addis Ababa
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 the Archangel stands in Segheneity, 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 KerenKeren
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
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].