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The Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia was a Latin
patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in cert ...
al see of the
Catholic Church in Ethiopia The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The Eastern Rite Ethiopian Catholic Church, the primary Roman Catholic denomination in the country, bases it ...
from 1555 to 1663. The "archbishopric" was held primarily by Portuguese bishops and all members of the
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List of Latin Patriarchs of Ethiopia

All Roman Rite
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. *''Uncanonical:
João Bermudes João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings ...
, S.J. (1536? – 1545?; died 1570) * João Nunes Barreto, S.J. (1555.01 – retired 1557) *
Andrés de Oviedo Andrés de Oviedo (1518 - 29 June 1577), also known as Andre da Oviedo, was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and Patriarch of Ethiopia. Oviedo was born in Illescas, Toledo. On 19 June 1541, while in Rome, he entered the Society of Jesus, nine month ...
, S.J. (Spanish; 1562.12.22 – death 1577.06.29), succeeding as former
Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coadj ...
of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) (1555.01.23 – 1562.12.22) &
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of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syrians (1555.01.23 – 1577.06.29) * Melchior Carneiro (賈耐勞), S.J. (1577 – retired 1581), previously Titular Archbishop of
Nicæa Nicaea, also known as Nicea or Nikaia (; ; grc-gre, Νίκαια, ) was an ancient Greek city in Bithynia, where located in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and sev ...
(1555.01.23 – 1577) & Auxiliary Bishop of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) (1555.01.23 – 1577); also
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of
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澳門 (Macau, Portuguese China) (1576.01.23 – 1581) *
Afonso Mendes Father Afonso Mendes (18 June 1579 – 21 June 1659), was a Portuguese Jesuit theologian, and Patriarch of Ethiopia from 1622 to 1634. While E. A. Wallis Budge has expressed the commonly accepted opinion of this man, as being "rigid, uncompromis ...
, S.J. (1622.12.19 – retired 1636)


Non-succeeding Coadjutor-Archbishops of Ethiopia

All were Jesuits, survived by the incumbent Patriarchs. * Didacus Secco, S.J. (1622.12.19 – death 1623.07), Titular Archbishop of
Nicæa Nicaea, also known as Nicea or Nikaia (; ; grc-gre, Νίκαια, ) was an ancient Greek city in Bithynia, where located in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and sev ...
(1622.12.19 – 1623.07) * João da Rocha, S.J. (1623.03.06 – death 1639.07.20), Titular Archbishop of
Hierapolis Hierapolis (; grc, Ἱεράπολις, lit. "Holy City") was originally a Phrygian cult centre of the Anatolian mother goddess of Cybele and later a Greek city. Its location was centred upon the remarkable and copious hot springs in classica ...
and Auxiliary Bishop of Goa (1623.03.06 – 1627?) * Apollinaris de Almeida, S.J. (1627.03.22 – death 1638.06.15), Titular Archbishop of
Nicæa Nicaea, also known as Nicea or Nikaia (; ; grc-gre, Νίκαια, ) was an ancient Greek city in Bithynia, where located in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and sev ...
(1627.03.22 – 1638.06.15)


See also

*
Ethiopian Orthodox The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...
Patriarch-Catholicos of Axum


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Former Latin patriarchates Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa 1555 establishments in Africa {{Patriarchates in Christianity