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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.
Markos Gebremedhin,
CM
Birth Place:
Birth Date:
Ordained Priest:
Sept19, 1993
Consecrated Bishop:
January 24, 2010
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:
prefecture@ethionet.et
Pro-Prefect: Abba Alemayehu W/Michael
Tel: 00 251 047 111 04 34
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
Mobile: 00 251 0911 34 03 74
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 CM
Tel:
00.251.1.047.331.06.55
Formation
House:
Major
Seminary:
Director: Abba Dawit Etefa
P.O.Box:
5934,Addis Ababa
Tel:
00.251.1.011.279.48.92/93
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