Ethiopian Catholic Church

Ethiopian Catholic Church
; Ethiopian Catholic Church
	Cathedral of the Holy Saviour, Adigrat
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

The Ethiopian Catholic Church^[a] 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).

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.

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