Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia

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The Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia was a Latin patriarchal see of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia from 1555 to 1663.

The "archbishopric" was held primarily by

List of Latin Patriarchs of Ethiopia

• Uncanonical: João Bermudes (1536? – 1545?; died 1570)
• João Nunes Barreto, S.J. (1555.01 – retired 1557)
• Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria
  of the Syrians (1555.01.23 – 1577.06.29)
• Apostolic Administrator of Macau
  澳門 (Macau, Portuguese China) (1576.01.23 – 1581)
• Afonso Mendes, S.J. (1622.12.19 – retired 1636)

Non-succeeding Coadjutor-Archbishops of Ethiopia

All were Jesuits, survived by the incumbent Patriarchs.

• Didacus Secco, S.J. (1622.12.19 – death 1623.07), Titular Archbishop of
  Nicæa
  (1622.12.19 – 1623.07)
• Bishop of Goa
  (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)

See also

• Patriarch-Catholicos of Axum

References

Source and External links

• GCatholic, with incumbent biography links