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Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
Ethiopia

Area
  
98,792 km²

Metropolitan
  
Immediately subject to the Holy See

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)6,000,00042,000 (0.7%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Kidane Meheret

Bishop
  
Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. (formerly, Coadjutor Bishop under Bishop Emeritus Theodorus van Ruijven, C.M.)

The Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Nekemteensis) is a Latin Catholic apostolic vicariate located in Nekemte, Ethiopia.

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History

  • January 28, 1913: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Kaffa from the Apostolic Vicariate of Galla
  • September 8, 1913: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaffa
  • March 25, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma
  • September 3, 1982: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte

    • Leadership

  • Vicar Apostolics of Nekemte (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. (first as Coadjutor Bishop; then as Bishop, November 10, 2013 - present)
  • Bishop Theodorus Van Ruijven, C.M. (Apostolic Administrator, July 2008 – July 23, 2009; Bishop, July 23, 2009 - November 10, 2013)
  • Bishop Leonardus Dobbelaar, C.M. (June 10, 1994 – March 21, 2008)
  • Bishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. (October 28, 1985 – January 18, 1994)
  • Bishop Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. (September 3, 1982 – October 19, 1983)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Gimma (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. (December 17, 1977 – September 3, 1982)
  • Fr. Herman Wilhelm Teuben, C.M. (Apostolic Administrator 1972 – December 17, 1977)
  • Bishop Frans Janssen, C.M. (May 21, 1959 – 1972)
  • Fr. Frans Janssen, C.M. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1958 – May 21, 1959)
  • Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Administrator 1952 – 1958)
  • Bishop Luigi Santa, I.M.C. (March 15, 1937 – 1943)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Kaffa (Roman Rite)
  • Fr. Luigi Santa, I.M.C. (later Bishop) (July 14, 1934 – March 15, 1937)
  • Fr. Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C. (May 6, 1913 – 1933)

    • References

    Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte Wikipedia
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