The Eritrean Catholic Archeparchy of Asmara, officially the Archeparchy of Asmara ( la, Archieparchia Asmarensis or la, Metropolitana Ecclesia Asmarensis), more informally Asmara of the Eritreans, is the

metropolitan see Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a ...

of the Metropolitan

Eritrean Catholic Church The Eritrean Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesia Catholica Erythraea; ti, ኤርትራዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን, translit=Chiesa Eritrea) is a metropolitan '' sui iuris'' Eastern particular church headquartered in Asmara, Eritrea. It was e ...

, a ''sui iuris'' Eastern Catholic Church whose territory corresponds to that of the State of Eritrea in the Horn of Africa.
postolic Constitution ( papal bull) ''Multum fructum'' of 19 January 2015 It depends on the

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. As head of an autonomous

particular church In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars. Particulars are often seen as concrete, spatiotemporal entities as opposed to a ...

, the Metropolitan Archeparch, currently

Menghesteab Tesfamariam Menghesteab Tesfamariam, Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, M.C.C.I. (born 24 December 1948) is an Ethiopian-born prelate of the Eritrean Catholic Church who has been the metropolitan bishop, metropolitan archbishop of the Eritrean Catholi ...

, is mentioned by name, after the

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, in the

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celebrated within the suffragan eparchies of Barentu, Keren and

Segheneyti Segheneytī qoraxat ti, ሰገነይቲ (sometimes anglicized as Segheneity and known also as Saganeiti, Seganeiti, Seganeyti, Segeleyti, Segeneyti, Segeneytī, Segheneiti) is a small town in the Southern Region of Eritrea. Akele Guzai which Segen ...

. The Eritrean Catholic Church, like the

Ethiopian Catholic Church The Ethiopian Catholic Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊክ ቤተ ክርስቲያን; la, Ecclesia Catholica Aethiopica) is a metropolitan ''sui iuris'' Eastern particular church within the Catholic Church, established in 1930 in Eth ...

, from which it was separated in 2015, uses in its liturgy the Ethiopic variant of the Alexandrian Rite in the Ge'ez language. It is the

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counterpart of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which was granted autocephaly in 1993, and is headed by an Orthodox Patriarch, who also is based in the Eritrean capital. Since the Eritrean Catholic Church is a

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, not a

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al or major archiepiscopal Church, the power of its metropolitan and council of hierarchs is limited to its own territory, which covers all and only Eritrea, ( East Africa or, more precisely, the Horn of Africa). Faithful outside of Eritrea are immediately subject to the Pope. The

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of the '' sui iuris''

is Kidane Mehret Cathedral in Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. Other

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churches in Asmara include Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, which was the former ecclesiastical seat of the

Apostolic Vicariate of Eritrea The Apostolic Vicariate of Asmara was a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Eritrea. Centered in Asmara it was at first the Apostolic Prefecture of Eritrea and then the Apostolic Vicariate of Eritrea. Foundation and development On 13 Septe ...

Statistics

In 2015, the Archeparchy pastorally served 31,850 Catholics (1% of the 3,258,000 population) in 59 parishes, with 336 priests (20 diocesan, 316 religious), 2 permanent deacons, 602 men religious, 498 sisters and 206 seminarians.

Metropolitan ''sui iuris'' Church

While

al and major archiepiscopal Eastern Catholic Churches may be structured as provinces, each headed by a metropolitan – the

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