Country Eritrea Parishes 33 | Ecclesiastical province Asmara | |
Area 29,499 km (11,390 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2012)
850,000
35,557 (4.2%) Denomination Eritrean Catholic Church | ||
The Eritrean Catholic Eparchy of Segheneyti (Latin: Eparchia Segheneitensis) is an Eritrean Catholic eparchy located in the town of Segheneyti in Eritrea. It is a part of the ecclesiastical province of Asmara. It has a Saint Michael the Archangel cathedral.
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History
On 24 February 2012, Pope Benedict XVI established the Eparchy of Segheneyti from the Eparchy of Asmara and it became 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 Segheneyti became a suffragan the Eritrean Catholic Archeparchy of Asmara.
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Eritrean Catholic Eparchy of Segheneyti Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA