Parishes 13 Pope Francis Country Eritrea Emeritus bishop Zekarias Yohannes | Rite Ge'ez Rite Area 44,986 km² Bishop Thomas Osman | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2008)
718,500
40,794 (5.7%) Denomination Eritrean Catholic Church Established 21 December 1995 (21 years ago# Ecclesiastical province Eritrean Catholic Archeparchy of Asmara | ||
The Eritrean Catholic Eparchy of Barentu (Latin: Eparchia Barentuanus) is a Catholic eparchy located in the town of Barentu in Eritrea. It is a part of the Ecclesiastical province of Asmara.
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History
On 21 December 1995, Pope John Paul II established the Eparchy of Barentu from the Eparchy of Asmara and it became a suffragan of the Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba. With the establishment of the autonomous sui iuris Eritrean Catholic Church by Pope Francis in January 2015, the Eparchy of Barentu became a suffragan the Eritrean Catholic Archeparchy of Asmara.
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