Ethiopian Catholic Church
The Ethiopian Catholic Church or Ethiopian Eastern Catholic Church is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church that is based in Ethiopia. As a particular church of the Catholic Church, it is in full communion with the Holy See. Established in 1930, the church is organised under a metropolitan bishop who exercises oversight of a number suffragan dioceses. In its liturgical services, it uses the Alexandrian Rite in the Ge'ez language (a local liturgical language).
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| Classification | Oriental Catholic |
| Orientation | Oriental Christianity |
| Theology | Catholic theology |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Governance | Metropolitanate |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel |
| Region | Ethiopia |
| Liturgy | Alexandrian Rite |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa |
| Founder | Saint Mark the Evangelist, by tradition |
| Congregations | 207 (2010) |
| Members | 70,832 (2017) |
| Ministers | 590 |
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| Particular churches are grouped by liturgical rite |
| Alexandrian Rite |
| Armenian Rite |
| Byzantine Rite |
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| East Syriac Rite |
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| Latin liturgical rites |
| West Syriac Rite |
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It holds to the Christological doctrines defined at the Council of Chalcedon and accepts the universal jurisdiction of the pope. These points distinguish it from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, an Oriental Orthodox Church which comprises most Christians in the country.