CONGREGATIONS

Apostles of Jesus

Bethania Community

Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

Brothers of the Christian School (Christian Brothers), FSC

Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto

Capuchin Vice Province of Mary Kidane Meheret (Capuchin Fathers)

Cistercian Monks

Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Fathers)

Comboni Missionary Sisters (Comboni Sisters)

Congregation of Sisters of Charity, CSC

Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans)

Consolata Fathers, IMC

Consolata Missionary Sisters, MC

Contemplative Missionary Movement of Fr. De Faucauld

Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, DC

Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Salesian Sisters

Daughters of Mary Immaculate, DMI

Daughters of Mercy & of the Cross

Daughters of St. Anne

Daughters of the Heart of Mary, DHM

Divine Providence Sisters

"Fidei Donum" Diocesan Priests

Franciscan Clarist Congregation, FCC

Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, FMM

Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Christ, FMOC

Franciscan Missionary Srs. of Our Lady, FMOL

Franciscan Sisters of Oblate of Mary, FOSMI

Franciscan Sisters of St. Mary of the Angels, FSMA

Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus, FCJ

Franciscan Sisters of Devine Providence, Baldegg

Good Shepherd Sisters

Little Sisters of Jesus

Maids of the Poor, MOP

Maryknoll Missionaries

Medical Mission Sisters, MMS

Medical Missionaries of Mary, MMM

Missionaries of Africa, M.Afr.

Missionaries of Charity Brothers

Missionaries of Charity Sisters, MC

Missionary Community of Saint Paul the Apostle

Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary, MSHR

Missionary Sisters Serevants of the Holy Spirit, SSpS

Order of Preachers, Dominicans

Salesian of Don Bosco Fathers, SDB

Sisters Handmaids of the Church

Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret

Sisters of St. Lucy Filippini

Sisters of St. Mariana of Jesus (Marianitas)

Society of Jesus

Society of the Helpers of Mary

St. Clare Capuchin Nuns

Ursuline Sisters of Maria Vergine Immacolata, MVI

Vincentian Community, Lazarist, CM

Order of Preachers
Addresses
Members of the Congregation

Order of Preachers, Dominicans

The Order of Preachers was founded in 1216 by St. Dominic de Guzman. The Order was granted the right to preach, a privilege traditionally reserved to bishops, to counteract the Albigensian heresy. Since then, the Order has been engaged in preaching, carried out in various means like catechesis in a dehumanized world, evangelization in the context of diverse cultures, justice and peace, and human communication through mass media.

The presence of the Dominicans in this country, initiated by the arrival of Fr. Ernesto Lapitan, OP, on 22 October 2003, was occasioned by the project of establishing the Catholic University of Ethiopia. The project was offered in 2001 and the Order responded by sending a team in October 2002.

On 22 July 2003, the Archbishop of Addis Ababa together with the other bishops of the country, accompanied by the former Nuncio, the Archbishop Silvano Tommasi, visited the Dominican Generalate at Santa Sabina, Rome, and met with the Socius to the Master for Africa and some members of the Dominican Team.  Another ocular visit was conducted from 24 June to 7 July 2003.

On 20 October 2003, the Archbishop Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, CM, President of the Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia and Rev. Fr. Carlos Azpiroz Costa, OP, the Master of the Order of Preachers, signed the Memorandum of Agreement on the fundamentals that would serve as basis of the working relationship between the ACBE and the Dominicans towards the establishment and the operation of the university.

On 22 December 2003, the Dominican House of St. Augustine of Hippo was erected by the Master of the Order in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Four Filipino Dominicans: Rogelio Alarcon (Superior of the House), Jose Rizal Dimapilis, Norberto Castillo, and Ernesto Lapitan, all of the Philippine Dominican Province, were assigned by the Master of the Order to form the core group of the Catholic University of Ethiopia – St. Thomas Aquinas project.

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