Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella is a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the ecclesiastical province of the archbishopric of Addis Abbeba (which covers all Ethiopia).
It is exempt, i.e. immediately dependent upon the Holy See.
On 2000.11.16 it was established as a split-off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Jimma–Bonga, the only other one in Ethiopia, also of the Roman rite (like all five Apostolic vicariates in the predominantly Coptic country).
Its main church, and presumable future episcopal see, is St. Joseph Cathedral, in Gambella city.
The first and still only Apostolic Prefect is Fr. Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B.
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