on 21 december 1995, after a quarter of a century of being without a bishop and being administered by a priest, the vicariate was suppressed at the same time as two new eparchies of the ethiopian catholic church were formed from territory taken from the eparchy of asmara: barentu and keren (now suffragans of the archeparchy of asmara). with the suppression of the vicariate, eritrea was left with no latin church ordinary, and all catholics in eritrea were entrusted to the care of eastern catholic bishops, who since 19 january 2015 are prelates of the eritrean catholic church.