Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte

APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF NEKEMTE (Vicariatus Apostolicus Nekemteensis)

Country : Ethiopia
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1913 as Apostolic Prefecture of (Southern) Kaffa
elevated to Apostolic Vicariate of Gimma in 1937
Name changed in 1982.

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Arms of Prefects

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  Gaudenzio Barlassina (1913-1933)

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  Luigi Santa (1934-1937)

Arms of Vicars Apostolic

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  Luigi Santa (1937-1943)

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  Franz Janssen (1959-1972)

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  Henricus Josephus Aloysius Bomers (1977-1983)

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  Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu (1985-1993)

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  Leonardus Dobbelaar (1994-2008)

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  Theodorus van Ruijven (2009-2013)

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  Varghese Thottamkara (2013-present)

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