Eritrean Catholic Church

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Alexandrian Rite church Christian denomination Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

The Eritrean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Alexandrian (Ge'ez) rite, in full communion with Rome and primarily based in Eritrea.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Eritrean Catholic Church canonical 18
Catholic Church in Eritrea 1
Catholic community of Eritrea 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alexandrian Rite church ⓘ
Christian denomination ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ
sui iuris particular church ⓘ
christianFamily Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholicism
christologyTradition Miaphysite heritage expressed in Catholic theology ⓘ
churchSuiIurisOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
communionWith Holy See ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
dateEstablishedAsSuiIurisChurch 2015-01-19 ⓘ
governedBy Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
hasClericalCelibacyDiscipline married priests permitted according to Eastern discipline ⓘ
hasClericalRank bishop ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
metropolitan archbishop ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasHierarchyType metropolitan church sui iuris ⓘ
hasMonasticTradition yes ⓘ
hasOwnCanonLawParticularNorms yes ⓘ
hasOwnHierarchy yes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Asmara ⓘ
isMinorityReligionIn Eritrea ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Ge'ez ⓘ
majorityReligionInCountry no ⓘ
metropolitanSee Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara ⓘ
metropolitanSeeCity Asmara ⓘ
metropolitanSeeCountry Eritrea ⓘ
partOf Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian liturgical tradition
patriarchalOrMajorArchiepiscopalStatus metropolitan ⓘ
primaryEthnicConstituency Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
surface form: Eritrean people

Tigrinya-speaking Eritreans ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalTradition Ethiopian Rite ⓘ
surface form: Ge'ez Rite
primaryTerritory Eritrea ⓘ
recognizesSupremeAuthorityOf Pope ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Rome
rite Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
separatedFrom Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ
sharesLiturgicalHeritageWith Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
suffraganEparchy Eparchy of Barentu ⓘ
Eparchy of Keren ⓘ
Eparchy of Barentu ⓘ
surface form: Eparchy of Segheneity
suiIurisStatusFrom Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ
suiIurisStatusGrantedBy Pope Francis ⓘ
theologyTradition Catholic theology ⓘ
usesCalendar Julian calendar ⓘ
surface form: Julian calendar (for liturgical purposes in many communities)
usesLiturgicalFamily Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian liturgical family
usesSacramentsOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
usesScriptureVersion Ge'ez biblical and liturgical texts ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → usedBy → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Ge'ez → religiousUse → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Alexandrian Rite → usedByChurch → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Catholic Church → sharesHeritageWith → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Geez → usedAsLiturgicalLanguageBy → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
sui iuris Church → hasExample → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Geʽez → liturgicalLanguageOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Barentu → partOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Barentu → suiIurisChurch → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Barentu → primaryReligionServed → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean Catholics
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → partOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → suiIurisChurch → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → metropolitanSeeOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → isPrincipalSeeOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → governsFaithfulOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean Catholic Church in Eritrea
Eparchy of Keren → partOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Keren → suiIurisChurch → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Keren → belongsToParticularChurch → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Keren → isTerritorialJurisdictionOf → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Keren → belongsToEcclesiasticalCommunion → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic Church in Eritrea
Kidane Mehret Cathedral → regionServed → Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catholic community of Eritrea