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Ethiopian Catholic Church

Ethiopian Catholic Church
Union with Rome	1961 (erection of the Metropolitan Church)
Current primate	Bishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Headquarters	Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Primary territory	Ethiopia , Eritrea
Rite	Geez
Language (s) liturgical (s)	Geez
Estimated population	225,000 ( 2005 )
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The Ethiopian Catholic Church, Catholic Church or Catholic Church Geez Abyssinian is one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The head of the Church carries the title of Archbishop Metropolitan of Addis Ababa of the Ethiopians, with residence in Addis Ababa (incumbent: His Excellency Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel History

Organization

Eritrea

The Eastern Catholic Churches
Alexandrian tradition / Abyssinian	Catholic Church Coptic Catholic Church Ethiopian
Syriac Tradition	Syriac Catholic Church Maronite Church Chaldean Catholic Church Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Syro-Malankara
Armenian tradition	Armenian Catholic Church
Byzantine tradition	Chur. gr.-Melkite Catholic EGL. gr.-Ukrainian Catholic EGL. gr.-Catholic Romanian EGL. gr.-Ruthenian Catholic EGL. Byzantine Catholic EGL. gr.-Catholic Slovak EGL. gr.-Catholic Czech EGL. gr.-Hungarian Catholic EGL. gr.-Bulgarian Catholic EGL. gr.-Croatian Catholic EGL. gr.-cath. Serbo-Montenegrin EGL. gr.-Catholic Macedonian EGL. gr.-Catholic Russian EGL. gr.-Belarusian Catholic EGL. gr.-Albanian Catholic EGL. gr. Italo-Albanian Catholic EGL. gr.-Catholic Hellenic Comm. gr.-Georgian Catholic
See also: two councils of churches - churches of three councils - councils of the seven churches