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HISTORICAL NOTES
AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Apostolic
Decree "Ad expeditus" established
the Prefecture Apostolic of Jimma Bonga on June 10,
1994 with territory taken
from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemete.
II.
EXTENT:
The
geographic coverage of the Apostolic Prefecture of Jimma Bonga
includes; in the region of the Southern Nation and Nationalities
of Peoples Regional State of Ethiopia (SNNPRS), the whole Kaffa
zone, Shaka zone, Bench Maji zone, Jimma and some parts of
Oromia bordering: the Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella and
Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte, the Apostolic vicariate of Soddo
Hosanna, and the Eparchy of Emdibir until Gibe River.
Approximate Figures
Area:
57,000 sq. kms population: 4,853,000 Catholics:
17,840
Languages
spoken Amharic, Kafi-Nono, Oromifa, Bench, and others
ORDINARY:
Very Rev. Mgr. Theo Van Ruyven, C.M.
Birth Place: Rijswijk,
Netherlands
Birth Date: May 22, 1938
Ordained Priest: March 19, 1964
Nominated Prefect Apostolic:
July 9, 1998
Address:
P. O. Box
202, Jimma, Ethiopia
Tel: 00.251.1.047.111.02 .83
Fax: 00.251.1.047.111.06.35
E-mail:
apejibo@yahoo.com
E-mail:
prefecture@ethionet.et
Pro-prefect:
Abba Alemayehu Weldemichael CM
Tel: 00.251.1.011.156.59.87
Mobile: 00.251.0911.34.03.74
Jimma-Bonga Catholic Secretariat
Head
Office:
P. O. Box 376
Tel/Fax
:00.251.1.047.111.04.34
E-mail:
prefecture@ethionet.et
Secretary General:
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Rev.Abba Alemayehu Woldemichael CM
Tel:
00.251.1.047.111.04.34
E-Mail:
alemayehuw2005@yahoo.com
Development
Co-coordinator:
Ato Yoseph W/Michael
Tel: 00.251.1.047.111.04.34
Pastoral
Coordinator:
Rev. Abba Lukas G/Michael
Tel:
00.251.1.047.331.06.55
Formation
House:
Major
Seminary:
Director: Abba Dawit Etafa
P.O.Box:
5934,Addis Ababa
Tel:
00.251.1.011.279.48.92/93
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