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St. Joseph Cathedral () is a
Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
cathedral located in the town of Gambela,
Gambela Region The Gambela Region, also spelled Gambella, and officially the Gambela Peoples' Region (), is a regional state in western Ethiopia. Previously known as Region 12, its capital and largest city is Gambela. It is bordered by the Oromia Region to t ...
,
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
.«Gambella blessed with two new Priests « SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO».
It is a
Latin Church The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical ...
congregation that is part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella (''Vicariatus Apostolicus Gambellensis'') which was created on 16 November 2000. As the name indicates its patron saint is
Saint Joseph According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph (; ) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern O ...
. Nearby also is the
Gambela National Park Gambella National Park, also spelled Gambela National Park, is a large national park in Ethiopia. It is the nation's largest national park and is located several hundred kilometers from Addis Ababa. It was established in 1974, but is not fully pr ...
.


See also

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Cathedral of the Holy Saviour, Adigrat The Cathedral of the Holy Saviour (), also called Adigrat Cathedral, is a Catholic church located in Adigrat, Ethiopia. It is the main place of worship of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. The cathedral is the mother church of the Eparchy of Adigrat ...
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Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella The Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella () (formerly the ''Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella'') is a Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction (known as an apostolic vicariate) in the western part of Ethiopia. It is exempt, i.e. immediately depende ...
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Roman Catholicism in Ethiopia The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The Eastern Rite Ethiopian Catholic Church, the primary Catholic rite in the country, bases its liturgy and teac ...


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