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Eparchy of Keren (Eritrean)

Eparchia Kerensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Kindane Yebio, Bishop

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 December 1995ErectedEparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian) (Sahel and Senhit) Eparchy of Keren (Eritrean) (erected)
19 January 2015Metropolitan ChangedEparchy of Keren (Eritrean) (from Addis Abeba)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199949,889924,5505.4%2517421,187265326ap2000
200051,291949,0005.4%1715321,602234627ap2002
200251,321453,23011.3%2012321,603204527ap2003
200352,572464,00011.3%3511461,142235733ap2004
200453,135468,96911.3%3611471,130255433ap2005
200654,807484,25611.3%2721481,141795249ap2007
201042,976507,0008.5%422062693596838ap2011
201348,494445,86010.9%492372673657640ap2014
201651,701467,68311.1%472471728708144ap2017
201942,959498,3008.6%483078550708743ap2020
202137,298448,9688.3%433073510738747ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88, Page 350
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 107, Page 246

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