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State of Eritrea (Eritrea)

Eritrea

Also known as: l'Érythrée (français), Eritrea (Deutsch, español, Italiano), Erytrea (polski), Eritreia (Português), 厄立特里亞 (繁體中文), エリトリア (日本語), Erythraea (latine)

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Asmara

Population: 4,447,000

Area: 121,320 km²

Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Languages: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages

Neighbouring Countries: Djibouti Djibouti, Ethiopia Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Sudan Sudan, Yemen Yemen


Circumscriptions (3): Dioceses (3)


Ethiopic Church (3): Asmara, Barentu, Keren


by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Circumscriptions | Former Circumscriptions



Special Churches Special Churches: Cathedrals Cathedrals (3)


Apostolic Nunciature: Eritrea Archbishop Leo Boccardi (58)

Conference of Bishops: Ethiopian and Eritrean Episcopal Conference Link Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. (63)

Council of Churches: Council of the Ethiopian Church Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. (63)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.) Link Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (62)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcoaples d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) Link Cardinal Polycarp Pengo (67)


as of 2012.01.15

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