Eparchy of Keren

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The Eparchy of Keren is an Eastern Catholic diocese of the Eritrean Catholic Church serving the faithful in and around the city of Keren in Eritrea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eparchy of Keren canonical 2
Ecclesiastical Province of Asmara 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Catholic eparchy ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ
belongsToEcclesiasticalCommunion Catholic Church in Eritrea ⓘ
belongsToParticularChurch Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
cathedral Cathedral of St Michael, Keren ⓘ
churchSuiIurisTradition Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
communionWith Holy See ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
createdFrom Eparchy of Asmara ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1995 ⓘ
denomination Catholic Church ⓘ
episcopalSeeOf Eritrean Catholic faithful in and around Keren ⓘ
establishedAsEparchy 1995 ⓘ
establishedBy Pope John Paul II ⓘ
governedBy eparch (bishop) ⓘ
hasCathedralTitle St Michael ⓘ
hasClericalCelibacyTradition married and celibate clergy ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver parishes in and around Keren ⓘ
hierarchicalType eparchy ⓘ
isEasternCatholic true ⓘ
isMetropolitanSee false ⓘ
isSuffraganOf Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara ⓘ
isTerritorialJurisdictionOf Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
liturgicalRite Geʽez Rite ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian Rite
locatedIn Keren ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Anseba Region ⓘ
locatedInCountry Eritrea ⓘ
metropolitanSee Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara ⓘ
partOf Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
primaryCountryOfFaithful Eritrea ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfLiturgy Geʽez ⓘ
province Ecclesiastical province of Asmara ⓘ
region Eastern Africa ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Catholicism ⓘ
rite Alexandrian liturgical tradition ⓘ
riteFamily Oriental Catholic ⓘ
seeCity Keren ⓘ
suiIurisChurch Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ
territoryIncludes city of Keren ⓘ
surrounding areas of Keren ⓘ
typeOfOrdinary eparchial bishop ⓘ
usesCalendar Julian-derived liturgical calendar ⓘ
usesLiturgicalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Eritrean Catholic Church → suffraganEparchy → Eparchy of Keren ⓘ
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → hasEcclesiasticalProvince → Ecclesiastical Province of Asmara ⓘ
linked to: Eparchy of Keren