Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella Vicariatus Apostolicus Gambellensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Ethiopia |
Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
Headquarters | Gambela, Ethiopia |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Apostolic Vicar | Angelo Moreschi, Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.) |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Gambellensis) (formerly the Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella) is a Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction (known as an apostolic vicariate) in the western part of Ethiopia.
It is exempt, i.e. immediately dependent upon the Holy See (notably the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), not part of any ecclesiastical province (such as the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Addis Abbeba).
Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Joseph Cathedral, in Gambela.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella comprises all the Gambella Region and large part of Illubabor Zone in Oromia Region.