Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia

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The Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia was a Latin patriarchal see of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia from 1555 to 1663.

The "archbishopric" was held primarily by Portuguese bishops and all members of the Society of Jesus.

List of Latin Patriarchs of Ethiopia

Uncanonical: João Bermudes (1536? – 1545?; died 1570)
João Nunes Barreto, S.J. (1555.01 – retired 1557)
Andrés de Oviedo, S.J. (Spanish; 1562.12.22 – death 1577.06.29), succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) (1555.01.23 – 1562.12.22) & Titular Archbishop 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 (1555.01.23 – 1577) & Auxiliary Bishop of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) (1555.01.23 – 1577); also Apostolic Administrator of Macau 澳門 (Macau, Portuguese China) (1576.01.23 – 1581)
Afonso Mendes, 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 (1622.12.19 – 1623.07)
João da Rocha, S.J. (1623.03.06 – death 1639.07.20), Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis 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 (1627.03.22 – 1638.06.15)

References

Source and External links

GCatholic, with incumbent biography links

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Patriarchates
(by order of precedence)

Current	Rome ('Patriarch of the West'): Pope Francis (with cathedra in Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran) Jerusalem: Pierbattista Pizzaballa East Indies: Filipe Neri Ferrão Lisbon: Rui Valério Venice: Francesco Moraglia
Defunct	Carthage (?−1964) Alexandria (1276–1964) Antioch (1098–1964) Constantinople (1204–1964) West Indies (1524–1963) Aquileia (560–1751) Ethiopia (1555–1663) Grado (560–1451)

History

Apostolic sees	Rome Peter Paul Syracuse Peter Malta Paul Milan Barnabas Santiago de Compostela James
Church Fathers	Tertullian Cyprian Hilary of Poitiers* Ambrose* Pope Damasus I Jerome* Augustine of Hippo* Pope Gregory I* Isidore of Seville*

Language

Ecclesiastical Latin
- Liturgical use of Latin

Liturgical rites
Liturgical days

Current

Ambrosian Rite
Rite of Braga
Mozarabic Rite
Rite of Lyon
Roman Rite
- Mass of Paul VI (Ordinary form)
- Tridentine Mass
  - Extraordinary form
- Anglican Use
- Zaire Use

Orders	Benedictine Rite Carmelite Rite Carthusian Rite Cistercian Rite Dominican Rite Norbertine Rite

Defunct

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* also Doctors of the Church
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Early Modern era
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Patriarchate of the West Indies (since 1524)
Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia (1555–1663)
Patriarchate of the East Indies (since 1572)
Patriarchate of Moscow (since 1589)
Patriarchate of Lisbon (since 1716)

Late Modern era
(since 1789)

Patriarchate of Romania (since 1925)
Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate of Ethiopia (since 1959)
Patriarchate of Kyiv (1992–2018; since 2019)
Eritrean Orthodox Patriarchate of Eritrea (since 1994)

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