Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo
Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo Vicariatus Apostolicus Soddensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 55,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 6,900,000 198,827 (2.9%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo (
Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in the city of Sodo
in Ethiopia.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo comprises Wolayta, Dawro, Gamu Gofa, North and South Omo zones and Derashe, Konso and Konta special Weredas; all in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region.
History
- February 13, 1940: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli
- December 30, 1977: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Soddo–Hosanna
- October 15, 1982: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo–Hosanna
- January 20, 2010: The Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the first Bishop of the new Apostolic Vicariate. The Bishop-elect was born in Wassera, Ethiopiain 1942 and ordained a priest in 1969.
- October 11, 2013: Loyola University of Chicago (LUC), subsequently becoming a priest of the Archeparchy of Addis Ababa. He earned a Master's in Pastoral Theology from LUC in 1995, and had served as Vicar General (1991-1999) and Chancellor of the Curia (1976-1999) in Addis Ababa, as well as Secretary of the Ethiopian bishops' conference (2007-2010), before his move to Nekemte in 2012 after service at an Ethiopian Catholic university.[1]
Bishops
- Prefects Apostolic of Hosanna
- Fr. Tiziano da Verona, OFMCap (October 25, 1940 – 1945)
- Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, OFMCap (Apostolic Administrator January 2, 1952 – 1972)
- Fr. Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, OFMCap (Apostolic Administrator 1972 – February 23, 1979); see below
- Prefect Apostolic of Soddo–Hosanna
- Fr. Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, OFMCap (February 23, 1979 – October 15, 1982); see above & below
- Vicars Apostolic of Soddo–Hosanna (Soddo, starting January 20, 2010)
- Bishop Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, OFMCap (October 15, 1982 – January 15, 2007); see above
- Bishop Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, SJ (January 5, 2007 – January 12, 2014)
- Bishop Tsegaye Keneni Derara (January 12, 2014 – present)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
- Tsegaye Keneni Derara (2013-2014)
Other priest of this vicariate who became bishop
- Woldeghiorghis Matheos, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna in 2010
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
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