Apostolic Vicariate of

Hosanna

Ethiopia

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Hosanna / Hosannen(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1940.02.13: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Hosanna / Hosannen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma and Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli)
1977.12.30: Suppressed (to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Soddo–Hosanna)
2010.01.20: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna / Hosannen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo–Hosanna)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2017.04.08 – ...):

Bishop Seyoum Franso Noel (54)

Titular Bishop of Eminentiana

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Hosanna (Roman Rite)

Bishop Seyoum Franso Noel (54)
(2017.04.08 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia)
Titular Bishop of Eminentiana

Born:	1970.08.20 (Arsi, Ethiopia)
Ordained Priest:	1998.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.07.02

Priest of Meki (Ethiopia) (1998.09.05 – 2017.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Eminentiana (2017.04.08 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia) (2017.04.08 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Soddo (Ethiopia) (2023.11.23 – 2024.06.19)

Bishop Woldeghiorghis Matheos (84)
(2010.01.20 – 2017.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Turuda
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Born:	1940.06.22 (Wagabeta, Ethiopia)
Ordained Priest:	1969.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.11

Priest of Soddo–Hosanna (Ethiopia) (1969.05.04 – 2010.01.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia) (2010.01.20 – 2017.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Turuda (2010.01.20 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Hosanna (Roman Rite)

Fr. Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1972 – 1977.12.30)

Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap.
(Apostolic Administrator 1952.01.02 – 1972)

Fr. Tiziano da Verona, O.F.M. Cap.
(1940.10.25 – 1945)

Died:

1945

Prefect Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia) (1940.10.25 – 1945)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Joseph Cathedral, Hosanna

Jimma–Bonga (←), Emdeber (↑), Meki (→), Soddo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,214 km²

Population: 131,237 Catholics (4.4% of 2,979,770 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes, 27 missions

Personnel: 47 priests (33 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 57 religious (14 brothers, 43 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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