Eritrean Catholic Church
The Eritrean Catholic Church or Eritrean Eastern Catholic Church is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based in Eritrea. As a particular church of the Catholic Church, it is in full communion with the Holy See. It was established in 2015 when its territory was separated from the Ethiopian Catholic Church. The church is organized under a metropolitan bishop who exercises oversight of a number of suffragan dioceses. In its liturgical services, it uses the Alexandrian Rite in the Ge'ez language.
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| Classification | Eastern Catholic |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Governance | Metropolitanate |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan (Archbishop of Asmara) | Menghesteab Tesfamariam |
| Region | Eritrea |
| Liturgy | Alexandrian Rite |
| Headquarters | Asmara |
| Origin | 1868 Eritrea (1) |
| Members | 167,722 (2017) |
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| Alexandrian Rite |
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It holds to the Christological definition taught at the Council of Chalcedon and accepts the universal jurisdiction of the Pope. These religious beliefs distinguish it from the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which is an Oriental Orthodox church comprising most of the Christians in the country.