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Apostolic Vicariate of

Asmara

Eritrea Eritrea

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

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History


Past Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Asmara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap.
(1961.08.12 – 1971)

Born:1914.05.29
Ordained Priest:1937.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:1961.04.09
Died:1982.09.19 († 68)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea) (1959.07.10 – 1961.08.12)

Titular Bishop of Tinista (1959.07.10 – 1982.09.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea) (1961.08.12 – 1971)

Bishop Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1959.07.25 – 1961.08.12)

Born:1883.02.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1906.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:1936.08.28
Died:1970.08.05 († 87)

Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea) (1936.07.21 – 1959.07.25)

Titular Bishop of Pisita (1936.07.21 – 1961.08.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Asmara (Eritrea) (1959.07.25 – 1961.08.12)

Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1961.08.12 – 1970.08.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Eritrea (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1936.07.21 – 1959.07.25)

(see above)

Bishop Celestino Annibale Cattaneo, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1925.03.24 – 1936.03.03)

Born:1864.01.21 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1925.04.19
Died:1946.02.15 († 82)

Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea) (1925.03.24 – 1936.03.03)

Titular Bishop of Busiris (1925.03.30 – 1936.03.03)

Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia (1936.03.03 – 1946.02.15)

Bishop Camillo Francesco Carrara, O.F.M. Cap.
(1911.02.07 – 1924.06.15)

Born:1871.03.14 (Italy)
Died:1924.06.15 († 53)

Titular Bishop of Agathopolis (1911.02.07 – 1924.06.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea (Eritrea) (1911.02.07 – 1924.06.15)

Former Prelates


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