Ethiopian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Bahir_Dar-Dessie
Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Bahir Dar–Dessie
Eastern Catholic eparchy in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Bahir Dar–Dessie (Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics) is one of the three suffragan eparchies (Eastern Catholic dioceses) in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Ethiopia) of the Metropolitan Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba, which comprises the entire Ethiopian Catholic Church sui iuris, which practices the Alexandrian Rite in the liturgical Ge'ez language.
Yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Despite the eparchy's double name, also mentioning Dessie (another Amhara city in northern Ethiopia), the diocese has its sole cathedral eparchial (episcopal) see in the Cathedral of Egziabher Ab, in Bahir Dar.
The Eparchy of Bahir Dar – Dessie comprises 8 Zones of Amhara Regional State:
- North Gondar
- South Gondar
- East Gojam
- West Gojam
- Agew Awi
- Wag Hemra
- North Wello
- South Wello
The Special Oromia Zone
1 Zone of Benishangul Gumuz Regional State:
- Metekel Zone
3 Zones of Afar Regional State:
- Zone 1
- Zone 4
- Zone 5