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.
The Ethiopian Catholic Church 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.
The Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba, officially the Metropolitan sui iuris Archeparchy of Addis Abeba is the metropolitan see of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a sui iuris metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese, based in Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yichang/Ichang is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Hankou in central China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Libya.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate in central Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Meki is a Latin Catholic apostolic vicariate located in Meki, Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in the city of Sodo in Ethiopia.
Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli OFM was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was also a Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda.
Paul Hinder, OFMCap is a Swiss Catholic bishop. He is the Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Bishop Hinder was previously appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop in the former Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia on 30 January 2004.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo is an apostolic vicariate and is immediately subject to the Holy See and its missionary Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Asmara was a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Eritrea. Centered in Asmara it was at first the Apostolic Prefecture of Eritrea and then the Apostolic Vicariate of Eritrea.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Port-Said was a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in eastern Egypt.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna is a Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in Ethiopia.
Icundiana is a former city and bishopric in Roman North Africa which only remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Irzio Luigi Magliacani OFM Cap. was an Italian bishop and missionary who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Arabia from 23 October 1948 to 4 November 1969, he also served as the Titular Bishop of Dium. He was the last Vicar of Arabia who had his cathedra (throne) in Aden.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia was an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The last Apostolic Vicar is Msgr. Paul Hinder, OFM Cap.
Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, OFMCap, was an Italian Roman Catholic Capuchin priest, missionary, and member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He served as the Prefect Apostolic and Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo, in Soddo, Wolayita Zone, Ethiopia, from 1972 until 2007.
