The Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia was a Latin Catholic Patriarchal see from 1555 to 1663.
Ethiopia remaining an Orthodox Coptic empire, the term rather refers to the vague Ancient meaning of the negro lands south of the Pharaonic territory, where the Portuguese were colonizing ports and coastal regions.
The 'archbishopric' was held by Portuguese (and one Spanish) bishops, all members of the Society of Jesus (S.J.).
(all Roman Rite Jesuits: S.J.)
uncanonical: João Bermudes, S.J. (1536? – 1545?; died 1570)
João Nunes Barreto, S.J. (1555.01 – retired 1557)
Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. (Spanish; 1562.12.22 – death 1577.06.29), succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) (1555.01.23 – 1562.12.22) & Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis of the Syrians (1555.01.23 – 1577.06.29)
Melchior Carneiro (賈耐勞), S.J. (1577 – retired 1581), previously Titular Archbishop of Nicæa (1555.01.23 – 1577) & Auxiliary Bishop of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) (1555.01.23 – 1577); also Apostolic Administrator of Macau 澳門 (Macau, Portuguese China) (1576.01.23 – 1581)
Afonso Mendes, S.J. (1622.12.19 – retired 1636)
(all Jesuits, survided by the incumbent Patriarchs)
Didacus Secco, S.J. (1622.12.19 – death 1623.07), Titular Archbishop of Nicæa (1622.12.19 – 1623.07)
Giovanni de Rocha, S.J. (1623.03.06 – death 1627?), Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis (1623.03.06 – 1627?)
Apollinaris de Almeida, S.J. (1627.03.22 – death 1638.06.15), Titular Archbishop of Nicæa (1627.03.22 – 1638.06.15)
