The Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Soddensis) is a
Roman Catholic
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apostolic vicariate located in the city of
Sodo
Sodo ( am, ሶዶ) or Wolaita Sodo ( am, ወላይታ ሶዶ) or ( Wolaytatto: ''Wolayta Sodo Ambbaa'') is a city in south-central Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Wolaita Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation bet ...
in Ethiopia.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo comprises Wolayta, Dawro, Gamu Gofa, North and South Omo zones and Derashe, Konso and Konta special Weredas; all in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region.
History
* February 13, 1940: Established as
Apostolic Prefecture
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of Hosanna from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma
The Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Nekemteensis) is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate (pre-diocesan jurisdiction) located in Nekemte, Ethiopia (where Ethiopian Orthodox, Islam and Coptic Catholicism are predomina ...
and
Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli
* December 30, 1977: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Soddo–Hosanna
* October 15, 1982: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo–Hosanna
* January 20, 2010: The
Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna
The Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna is a Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in Ethiopia (a country which is mostly Oriental Orthodox, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church). It is exempt, i.e. directly su ...
,
Ethiopia
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(area 12,000, population 2,400,000, Catholics 135,000, priests 35, religious 51) is formed when the Apostolic Vicariate is divided into two Apostolic Vicariates by
Pope Benedict XVI
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. He appointed Father
Woldeghiorghis Mathewos, spiritual father of the Major Seminary of Soddo-Hosanna in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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, as the first Bishop of the new Apostolic Vicariate. The Bishop-elect was born in
Wassera, Ethiopia in 1942 and ordained a priest in 1969.
*October 11, 2013:
Pope Francis
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appoints the Reverend Father
Tsegaye Keneni Dérera, who until then had been serving as the Vicar General of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte (based in
Nekemte, Ethiopia), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo–Hosanna, to assist and eventually succeed the incumbent. Bishop-elect Dérera was given the titular see of
Massimiana of Bizacena. He was born on November 23, 1943, at
Metcha Borodo, Ethiopia, in the Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte. After primary and secondary education in his native village, he studied one year of the requisite undergraduate Philosophy training with the
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. He completed his undergraduate studies and graduate Theology education in
Rome, Italy
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, in residence at the
Pontifical Ethiopian College, while studying at the
Pontifical Lateran University
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. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on July 13, 1976, and then did postgraduate studies at the Institute of
Pastoral Theology
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at the
Loyola University of Chicago
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(LUC), subsequently becoming a priest of the
Archeparchy of Addis Ababa. He earned a Master's in Pastoral Theology from LUC in 1995, and had served as Vicar General (1991-1999) and Chancellor of the Curia (1976-1999) in Addis Ababa, as well as Secretary of the Ethiopian bishops' conference (2007-2010), before his move to Nekemte in 2012 after service at an Ethiopian Catholic university.
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Bishops
* Prefects Apostolic of Hosanna
** Fr. Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap. (October 25, 1940 – 1945)
** Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator January 2, 1952 – 1972)
** Fr. Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator 1972 – February 23, 1979); ''see below''
* Prefect Apostolic of Soddo–Hosanna
** Fr. Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. (February 23, 1979 – October 15, 1982); ''see above & below''
* Vicars Apostolic of Soddo–Hosanna (Soddo, starting January 20, 2010)
** Bishop Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap.
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(October 15, 1982 – January 15, 2007); ''see above''
** Bishop Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J. (January 5, 2007 – January 12, 2014)
** Bishop Tsegaye Keneni Derara (January 12, 2014 – present)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
* Tsegaye Keneni Derara (2013-2014)
Other priest of this vicariate who became bishop
* Woldeghiorghis Matheos, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna in 2010
References
External links
Giga-Catholic Information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soddo-Hosanna
Catholic dioceses in Ethiopia
Christian organizations established in 1940
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Sodo