Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
ASMARA. – Residence of the apostolic vicar of Eritrea (v. vicariato apostolico di) and of the ordinary for Catholics of the Ethiopian rite since 1930. The city has 25,500 inhabitants; it has a beautiful Latin cathedral of recent construction and a Catholic church of the Ethiopian rite.
Guglielmo de Vries
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“ASMARA.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), p. 116. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/asmara.
