Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Apostolic Vicariate
Name: Nekemte / Nekemteën(sis) (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Vicar Apostolic (2013.11.10 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Chullu |
Vicars Apostolic of Nekemte (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)
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Titular Bishop of Utimma
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Bishop Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M.
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Bishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M.
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Bishop Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M.
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Vicars Apostolic of Gimma (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Herman Wilhelm Teuben, C.M. | ||||||||||
Bishop Frans Janssen, C.M.
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Fr. Frans Janssen, C.M. (later Bishop) | ||||||||||
Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. | ||||||||||
Bishop Luigi Santa, I.M.C.
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Prefects Apostolic of Kaffa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Luigi Santa, I.M.C. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C.
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Prefects Apostolic of Southern Kaffa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C. (see above) |
Area: 85,000 km²
Population: 47,800 Catholics (0.6% of 8,218,930 total) (2020)
Statistics: 22 parishes, 70 missions, 39 priests (27 diocesan, 12 religious), 1 deacon, 68 lay religious (12 brothers, 56 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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