Diocese of Keren, Eritrea 🇪🇷 (Eritrean Rite)

Rite: Eritrean (Alexandrian)

Name: Keren / Cheren (Italiano) / Keren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asmara

Neighbouring Dioceses: Barentu (↙), Khartoum (↖), Asmara (↘)

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1995.12.21: Established as Diocese of Keren / Cheren (Italiano) / Keren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Asmara, from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Asmara and became suffragan of Addis Abeba)
2015.01.19: Became suffragan of Asmara

Bishop (2003.01.04 – ...):

Bishop Kidane Yebio (68)

Bishops of Keren (Eritrean Rite)

Bishop Kidane Yebio (68)
(2003.01.04 – ...)

Bishop of Keren of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Priest of Keren of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1985.06.30 – 2003.01.04)

Bishop of Keren of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (2003.01.04 – ...)

Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho
(1995.12.21 – 2002.07.29)

Bishop of Keren of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1995.12.21 – 2002.07.29)

Barentu (↙), Khartoum (↖), Asmara (↘)

Area: 25,949 km²

Population: 39,000 Catholics (8.3% of 471,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes, 56 missions

Personnel: 73 priests (43 diocesan, 30 religious), 160 religious (73 brothers, 87 sisters), 25 seminarians

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