{{Short description, noneThe Catholic Church 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 ...

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 Ethiopia ...

is joined in a single transnational

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which, also atypically, includes the Eastern Catholic (Coptic) churches, totaling of two metropolitan archeparchies, six diocesan suffragans (eparchies) and nine pre-diocesan Latin missionary jurisdictions ( apostolic vicariates, except one

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).
Each country also has an inter-Catholic national assembly. * The Latin hierarchy is composed solely of the pre-diocesan missionary jurisdictions in Ethiopia. * The Eastern Catholics have a

Coptic Coptic may refer to: Afro-Asia * Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya * Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century * Coptic alphabet ...

( Alexandrian Rite) particular church ''

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'' in each country (both using the Archaic Geez language), each headed by a metropolitan whose ecclesiastical province, covering that nation, is the whole church, with three suffragans each. Furthermore, there is an Apostolic Nunciature to Ethiopia (papal embassy-level diplomatic representation) in the national capital Addis Abbeba; in it are also vested the Apostolic Nunciatures to

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

and to

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Eritrea is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to Sudan (in its capital

Khartum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing nor ...

)

Current jurisdictions

Latin Church

all missionary and exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, and in Ethiopia *

Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa The Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Avasanus) is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate in central Ethiopia. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (notably the Roman missionary Congregation for the Evange ...

Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella The Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Gambellensis) (formerly the ''Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella'') is a Catholic missionary pre- diocesan jurisdiction (known as an apostolic vicariate) in the western part of Ethiopi ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of Harar *

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 ...

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Apostolic Vicariate of Meki The Apostolic Vicariate of Meki ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Mekviensis) is a Latin Catholic apostolic vicariate located in Meki, Ethiopia. History * March 6, 1980: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Meki from the Apostolic Vicariate of Hara ...

* Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte *

Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo The Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Soddensis) is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in the city of Sodo in Ethiopia. The Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo comprises Wolayta, Dawro, Gamu Gofa, North and South Omo z ...

Apostolic Prefecture of Robe The Apostolic Prefecture of Robe is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in part of Ethiopia, East Africa. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (notably the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of ...

Ethiopian Catholic Church

;Forming a single

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, constituting an

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particular church ''sui iuris'' using the Alexandrian Rite in the Ge'ez language. * Metropolitan Archeparchy of Addis Abeba ** Eparchy of Adigrat ** Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie ** Eparchy of Emdeber

Eritrean Catholic Church

;Forming a single

, constituting an

particular church ''sui iuris'' using the Alexandrian Rite in the Ge'ez language. * Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara ** Eparchy of Barentu ** Eparchy of Keren ** Eparchy of Segheneyti

Former jurisdictions

(only in Ethiopia; not counting the former stages of current jurisdictions)

Titular sees

* Titular Metropolitan See of

Adulis Adulis (Sabaean: ሰበኣ 𐩱 𐩵 𐩡 𐩪, gez, ኣዱሊስ, grc, Ἄδουλις) was an ancient city along the Red Sea in the Gulf of Zula, about south of Massawa. Its ruins lie within the modern Eritrean city of Zula. It was the e ...

* Titular Episcopal See of Axomis

Suppressed jurisdictions

Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia The Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia was a Latin patriarchal see of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia from 1555 to 1663. The "archbishopric" was held primarily by Portuguese bishops and all members of the Society of Jesus. List of Latin Patriar ...

Apostolic Prefecture of Dessié The Apostolic Prefecture of Dessié was a Roman Catholic Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction, with its seat in the north-central town of Dessie, Ethiopia. It existed from 1937 to 1951. As it was exempt, it was directly dependent on the Holy ...

Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber The Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber was a short-lived (1940-1951) Latin Church missionary jurisdiction named after the town of Endeber in western Ethiopia. Not being of diocesan rank, it was not part of an ecclesiastical province and was directly ...

* Apostolic Prefecture of Gondar