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{{Short description|Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Ethiopia}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Apostolic Vicariate
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|catholics = 42,000
|catholics_percent= 0.7
|bishop = Vacant
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
|map = File:Ethiopia - Vicariato apostolico di Nekemte.jpg
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The '''Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte''' ({{lang-la|Vicariatus Apostolicus Nekemteensis}}) is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[apostolic vicariate]] (pre-[[diocesan]] jurisdiction) located in [[Nekemte]], [[Ethiopia]] (where [[Ethiopian Orthodox]], [[Islam]] and [[Coptic Catholicism]] are predominant).
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* January 28, 1913: Established as '''[[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Southern Kaffa''' / Kaffa Meridionale (Italiano), on territory split off from the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Galla]]
* September 8, 1913: Renamed as '''Apostolic Prefecture of Kaffa'''
* March 25, 1937: Promoted as '''[[Apostolic Vicariate]] of Gimma''', hence
* Lost territories on 1940.02.13 to establish [[Apostolic Prefecture of Hosanna]] and [[Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber]]
* September 3, 1982: Renamed after its see as '''Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte''' / Nekemteën(sis) (Latin)
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As per 2014, it pastorally served 46,900 Latin Catholics (0.6% of 7,831,000 total) on 98,792 km² in 93 parishes and 26 missions with 38 priests (30 diocesan, 8 religious), 6 deacons, 56 lay religious (14 brothers, 42 sisters) and 15 seminarians .
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* Father [[Gaudenzio Barlassina]], [[Consolata Missionaries]] (I.M.C.) (May 6, 1913 –
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* Father [[Gaudenzio Barlassina]], I.M.C. (
* Fr. Luigi Santa, I.M.C. (July 14, 1934 – March 15, 1937
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* [[Luigi Santa]], I.M.C. (
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* [[Frans Janssen C.M.|Frans Janssen]], C.M. (''see above'' May 21, 1959 – 1972)
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* [[Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers]], C.M. (
* [[Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu]], C.M. (October 28, 1985 – January 18, 1994)
* [[Leonardus Dobbelaar]], C.M. (June 10, 1994 – March 21, 2008)
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* [[Theodorus Van Ruijven]], C.M. (''see above'' July 23, 2009 – November 10, 2013)
* [[Varghese Thottamkara]], C.M. (first as (November 10, 2013<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = May 10, 2023 | date = November 10, 2013 | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 10.11.2013 | url =https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/11/10/0736/01660.html }}</ref> – May 10, 2023)<ref>{{cite press release | date = May 10, 2023 | access-date = May 10, 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/05/10/0351/00768.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 10.05.2023}}</ref>
* [[Varghese Thottamkara]], C.M. (first as [[Coadjutor Bishop]]; then as Bishop, November 10, 2013 – ...).▼
===Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic===
▲* [[Varghese Thottamkara]], C.M. (
== See also ==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/neke0.htm GCatholic.org - data for all sections]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dneke.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:
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