Catholic Church in Ethiopia

Seventeenth-century Portuguese Catholic church in Gorgora.

The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.

The Eastern Rite Ethiopian Catholic Church, the primary Roman Catholic denomination in the country, bases its liturgy and teaching on that of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, modified to be in accordance with the Catholic dogma. While separated by their understanding of the primacy of the Bishop of Rome and their Christology, the Ethiopian Catholic and Orthodox Churches have basically the same sacraments and liturgy. As of 2017, there were 70,832 members of the Ethiopian Catholic Church.[1] There are also a small number of Latin-Rite Catholics in the country, primarily Italian Ethiopians.

  1. ^ "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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