Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho †

Deceased

Bishop of Keren (Ethiopian), Eritrea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1934		Born
19 Dec 1965	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
21 Dec 1995	61.2	Appointed	Bishop of Keren (Ethiopian), Eritrea
4 Feb 1996	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Keren (Ethiopian), Eritrea
29 Jul 2002	67.8	Died	Bishop of Keren (Ethiopian), Eritrea

MicroData Summary
Tesfamariam Bedho
Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho
(born 12 Sep 1934, died 29 Jul 2002)
Bishop of Keren

Event Place
Birth Place Deroq
Ordained Priest Ethiopian College, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Kidane Mehret, Cathedral, Asmara, Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Death Place Asmara, Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian)

a priest for 36.6 years
a bishop for 6.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop François Abraha †
Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Principal Consecrator:
Paulos Cardinal Tzadua †
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Zekarias Yohannes †
Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Bishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †
Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paulos Cardinal Tzadua † (1973)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † (1958)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai † (1951)
Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I. (2001)
Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (2002)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 101020498
WikiData: Q1668440

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144, Number 12,683
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2003, Page 1,067
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Deceased Cardinals (back)
opd/c1/loc: CB, 3 Aug 2024

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