Ethiopic Diocese of

Adigrat

Ethiopia

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Ethiopic (Alexandrian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Adigrat / Adigraten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Addis Abeba

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1937.03.25: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tigray (English) / Tigrai / de Tigrai (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia)
1961.02.20: Promoted as Diocese of Adigrat / Adigraten(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Addis Abeba)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.11.16 – ...):

Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin (Tesfay) (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Adigrat (Ethiopic Rite)

Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin (Tesfay) (70)
(2001.11.16 – ...)

Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Born:	1953.01.08 (Alitena, Ethiopia)
Ordained Priest:	1980.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.20

Priest of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1980.04.04 – 2001.11.16)

Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (2001.11.16 – ...)

Bishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot
(1984.10.12 – 2001.11.16)

Born:	1933.09.10 (Ethiopia)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.02.10
Died:	2009.06.02 († 75)

Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1984.10.12 – 2001.11.16)

Bishop Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B.
(1971.06.12 – 1984.10.12)

Born:	1918.01.15 (Ethiopia)
Ordained Priest:	1946.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.09.19
Died:	1991.01.27 († 73)

Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1971.06.12 – 1984.10.12)

Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai
(1961.04.09 – 1970.11.24)

Born:	1895.04.15
Ordained Priest:	1925.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.05.01
Died:	1970.11.24 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya (1951.02.24 – 1961.02.19)

Apostolic Exarch of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1951.02.24 – 1961.02.19)

Bishop of Adigrat of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1961.04.09 – 1970.11.24)

Prefects Apostolic of Tigray (Ethiopic Rite)

Fr. Salvatore Pane, C.M.
(1939.06.10 – 1951)

Died:

1951

Prefect Apostolic of Tigray of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1939.06.10 – 1951)

Fr. Bartolomeo Bechis, C.M.
(1937 – 1939)

Died:

1939

Prefect Apostolic of Tigray of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) (1937 – 1939)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Saviour, Adigrat

Barentu (↖), Asmara (↖), Segheneyti (↑), Bahir Dar–Dessie (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 132,000 km²

Population: 24,950 Catholics (0.4% of 5,761,420 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 99 priests (73 diocesan, 26 religious), 2 deacons, 152 religious (75 brothers, 77 sisters), 14 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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