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Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean)

Eparchia Barentuana



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Bishop(s)

  • Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 December 1995ErectedEparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian) (Gasc-Setit and Barca) Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean) (erected)
19 January 2015Metropolitan ChangedEparchy of Barentu (Eritrean) (from Addis Abeba)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199937,000558,4906.6%231331,12133198ap2000
200037,000558,4906.6%216182,055172210ap2001
200137,000558,4906.6%216182,055172210ap2002
200236,536590,0006.2%219211,739202210ap2003
200337,356559,9566.7%219211,778202111ap2004
200437,929600,0006.3%318211,806202411ap2005
200639,077677,3775.8%421251,563242611ap2007
200840,794718,5005.7%421251,631282813ap2011
201042,136741,0005.7%323261,620242013ap2013
201545,580789,1215.8%720271,688223513ap2016
201849,785941,8505.3%720271,843233413ap2019
202052,300990,8205.3%621271,937223614ap2021

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 349
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 107, Page 246

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