It was evangelized from Egypt in the 4 th century, with a bishop of its own by 340. Like its parent Church in Egypt, the Ethiopian Church refused to accept the Council of Chalcedon and was deemed monophysite. In 1846, small portion of the Ethiopian Church returned to communion with Rome. In 1937 an apostolic delegation was set up in Addis Ababa, and various jurisdictions were organized.
Northern jurisdictions follow the Alexandrian rite, and southern follow the Latin rite.
The first Ethiopian cardinal was named in 1985. Catholics have good relations with Orthodox and Protestants there. Ethiopian constitution calls for religious liberty, but treatment of Church varies in different areas. Effective evangelization began only in 1881. Hierarchy established 1955.