The Catholic Church in
Ethiopia and
Eritrea is joined in a single transnational
episcopal conference which, also atypically, includes the Eastern Catholic (Coptic) churches, totaling of two metropolitan archeparchies, six diocesan suffragans (eparchies) and nine pre-diocesan Latin missionary jurisdictions (
apostolic vicariates, except one
apostolic prefecture).
Each country also has an inter-Catholic national assembly.
Furthermore, there is an
Apostolic Nunciature to Ethiopia (papal embassy-level diplomatic representation) in the national capital
Addis Abbeba; in it are also vested the Apostolic Nunciatures to
Djibouti and to
Somalia.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Eritrea is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to Sudan (in its capital
Khartum)
all missionary and exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, and in Ethiopia
(only in Ethiopia; not counting the former stages of current jurisdictions)
The Catholic Church in
Ethiopia and
Eritrea is joined in a single transnational
episcopal conference which, also atypically, includes the Eastern Catholic (Coptic) churches, totaling of two metropolitan archeparchies, six diocesan suffragans (eparchies) and nine pre-diocesan Latin missionary jurisdictions (
apostolic vicariates, except one
apostolic prefecture).
Each country also has an inter-Catholic national assembly.
Furthermore, there is an
Apostolic Nunciature to Ethiopia (papal embassy-level diplomatic representation) in the national capital
Addis Abbeba; in it are also vested the Apostolic Nunciatures to
Djibouti and to
Somalia.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Eritrea is vested in the Apostolic Nunciature to Sudan (in its capital
Khartum)
all missionary and exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, and in Ethiopia
(only in Ethiopia; not counting the former stages of current jurisdictions)