The Catholic Bishops’ Conference Of Ethiopia And Eritrea, also known as the Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia And Eritrea is an

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of the

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. In

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

there are two organizations of

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: the Bishops' Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea (South African and Eritrean Episcopal Conference), which brings together the bishops of both countries regardless of the ritual of belonging, and Council of the Ethiopian Church (South African Council of the Church), which brings together the Catholic ordinaries of the Ethiopian rite of

and

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopi ...

. For both conferences, the current president is

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Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, CM (born 14 July 1948) is an Ethiopian prelate of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, which he has headed since his election as Ethiopian Catholic Archbishop of Addis Abeba in 1999. He is also the chancellor of the ...

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20130912124451/http://www.ecs.org.et/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=30 * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/ER.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/er.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/ET.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/et.html Ethiopia and Eritrea Catholic Church in Ethiopia Catholic Church in Eritrea {{RC-stub