Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Apostolic Vicariate
Name: Awasa / Hawassa / Auasa (Italiano) / Avasan(us) (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Vicar Apostolic: | vacant |
Apostolic Administrator (2020.09.29 – ...): | ![]() |
Vicars Apostolic of Awasa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
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Vicar Apostolic of Gambella (Ethiopia)
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Bishop Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.J.
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Titular Bishop of Fallaba
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Bishop Armido Gasparini, M.C.C.J.
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Prefects Apostolic of Awasa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Armido Gasparini, M.C.C.J. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap.
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Prefects Apostolic of Neghelli (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Gabriele Arosio, P.I.M.E.
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Area: 118,000 km²
Population: 263,937 Catholics (2.9% of 8,971,002 total) (2020)
Statistics: 20 parishes, 40 missions, 45 priests (16 diocesan, 29 religious), 108 lay religious (38 brothers, 70 sisters), 7 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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