Ethiopic Church

Eastern-Rite sui juris Catholic Church

Tradition: Alexandrian Rite

Type: Metropolitan

Population: 83,000

Official Language: Ge'ez

 

Metropolitanate sui juris: Metropolitanate Addis Abeba (Ethiopia)

Metropolitan: Archbishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J. (57)Archbishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J. (57)

Synod: Council of the Ethiopian Church

 

Saints: 1 Saint, 1 Blessed

Jurisdictions (4): Metropolitanates Metropolitanate (1), Dioceses Diocese (3)


Ethiopia Ethiopia: Addis Abeba, Adigrat, Bahir Dar–Dessie, Emdeber

 

by Type | Changes in Jurisdictions

Metropolitan (2026.06.12 – ...):Archbishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J. (57)Archbishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J. (57)

President of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia

President of Council of the Ethiopian Church

Apostolic Visitator in Europe (2020.01.07 – ...):Fr. Petros Berga (58)Fr. Petros Berga (58)
Apostolic Visitator in United States of America and Canada (2020.07.02 – ...):Msgr. Abba Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh (65)Msgr. Abba Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh (65)

Retired Archbishop Archbishops (2): Archbishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J. (57)Gebresilasie, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. (78)Souraphiel (Cardinal)

Retired Bishop Bishops (4)

Living Prelates | Appointments

Last updated on 2026.10.23

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