Catholic Church in Ethiopia 🇪🇹

By Type (13)

Metropolitan Sees sui juris Metropolitanate (1)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (3)

Apostolic Vicariates (8)

Apostolic Prefectures (1)

By Rite

Roman Rite (9): Awasa, Gambella, Harar, Hosanna, Jimma–Bonga, Meki, Nekemte, Robe, Soddo

Ethiopic Church (4): Addis Abeba, Adigrat, Bahir Dar–Dessie, Emdeber

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Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Nunciature: Ethiopia

Holy See Representation: African Union (AU)

Conference of Bishops: Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia

Council of Churches: Council of the Ethiopian Church

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)

Celebrations

Patron Saints: Saint Frumentius of Ethiopia, Saint George

Saints: 4 Saints, 7 Blesseds

Documents

Geography

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Addis Ababa

Area: 1,000,000 km²

Population: 105,350,020

Former Name: Abyssinia

Neighbouring Countries: ← South Sudan , ↖ Sudan , ↑ Eritrea , → Djibouti , → Somalia , ↓ Kenya

Cultural Summary

Religions: Ethiopian Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.5%, traditional 2.7%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.6%

Languages: Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic

Ethnic Groups: Oromo 34.4%, Amhara (Amara) 27%, Somali (Somalie) 6.2%, Tigray (Tigrinya) 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Gurage 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Afar (Affar) 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Silte 1.3%, Kefficho 1.2%, other 8.8%

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 1,104,300 km²

Catholic Population: 931,000 Catholics (0.9% of 107,191,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 345 parishes, 812 mission stations (25 with resident priest, 787 without resident priest), 131 other centres

Clergy: 16 bishops (5 diocesan, 11 titular), 563 priests (285 diocesan, 278 religious), 5 permanent deacons (3 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 887 religious (104 brothers, 783 sisters), 37 members of secular institutes (14 brothers, 23 sisters), 240 major seminarians, 21 missionaries, 3,362 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists

1990Statistics include present-day Eritrea