Global InformationApostolic Vicariate of Awasa information
Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa Vicariatus Apostolicus Avasanus | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 5,600,000 157,417 (2.8%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. |
| Bishops emeritus | Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. |
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Avasanus) is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate in central Ethiopia.
It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (notably the Roman missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Kidane Mehret Cathedral located in the city of Awasa, on the shores of Lake Awasa in the Great Rift Valley.
The Vicariate of Awasa comprises the following:
Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples Representatives State (SNNPRSRS):
- Sidama zone
- Gedeo zone
- Amaaro (special Wereda (District)
- Burji (special Wereda (District)
Oromia region:
- Guji zone
- Borana Zone
Somali region:
- Liben Zone