Diocese of Emdeber, Ethiopia (Ethiopic Rite)

Rite: Ethiopic (Alexandrian)

Name: Emdeber / Emdibir / Indibir / Emdeberen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Addis Abeba

2003.11.25: Established as Diocese of Emdeber / Emdibir / Indibir / Emdeberen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba and became suffragan of Addis Abeba)

Bishop (2024.08.23 – ...):

Bishop Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae (52)

Bishops of Emdeber (Ethiopic Rite)

Bishop Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae (52)
(2024.08.23 – ...)

Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Priest of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1998.01.11 – 2023.12.16)

General Secretary of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia (2019.06.11 – 2024.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (2023.12.16 – 2024.08.23)

Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (2024.08.23 – ...)

Bishop Musiè Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (75)
(2003.11.25 – 2024.08.23)

Bishop emeritus of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (2003.11.25 – 2024.08.23)

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae (52) (2023.12.16 – 2024.08.23)

Area: 12,000 km²

Population: 27,020 Catholics (0.6% of 4,159,278 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 29 priests (18 diocesan, 11 religious), 71 religious (11 brothers, 60 sisters), 9 seminarians

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