The Roman Catholic Diocese of Emdibir is a diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 located in the town of Emdibir in the Ecclesiastical province

Ecclesiastical Province

An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...

 of Addis Abeba

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Abeba

The Archdiocese of Addis Ababa is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.-History:* 1839: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Abyssinia...

 in Ethiopia.

History

• November 25, 2003: Established as Diocese of Emdibir from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Addis Abeba

Leadership

• Bishop
  Bishop
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  s of Emdibir(Roman rite)
  • Bishop Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (November 25, 2003 – present)

Emdibir Diocese

Emdibir Diocese is a new Diocese established in late November 2003 and became the tenth Diocese of the Ethiopian Catholic Church in the country. The Eparchy is established as a result of long year’s presence and service in the area. It is located in Southern West of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, covering 2 Zones, namely: Guraghe Zone of the Southern Nations and Nationalities People’s Regional state /SNNPRS/ and some part of South – Western Shoa Zone of Oromiya Regional State. It borders to the North West by Western Shoa Zone of Oromiya Regional State, to the south by Hadiya and Kembata Timbaro Zones of SNNPRS, to the East by Silte Zone of SNNPRS, and to the west by Gibe River. The total land area of the diocese is about 12,000 square kilometers with an estimated population of 4 million. The major ethnic groups are Guraghe and Oromo’s with a variety of minority ethnic communities.

Emdibir Catholic Secretariat (EmCS)

Emdibir Catholic Secretariat (EmCS) was established in April 2004 with the mandate to coordinate and facilitate all Pastoral, Social and Development activities of the Catholic Church in the Eparchy of Emdibir. The over all goal and objective of EmCS is promoting “Human Integral Development” which implies the development of people both materially and spiritually.
The Secretariat has two main wings /Departments under it. One is the Pastoral Activities Co-Coordinating wing, which deals with Pastoral activities of the Church in general. The other wing is the Social and Development Coordination wing, which mainly deals with the Socio- economic and Development promotion activities of the Church within the jurisdiction of the Eparchy. The Secretariat Office is now well equipped by qualified professional personnel to discharge its duties and responsibilities in Pastoral activities and promoting Socio- economic Development activities of the Church for the Communities / Societies in the Eparchy.