Bishop Abraham Desta

Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1951		Born
20 Apr 1980	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
29 Jan 2003	51.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Meki, Ethiopia
29 Jan 2003	51.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici
10 May 2003	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici

MicroData Summary
Abraham Desta
Bishop Abraham Desta
(born 21 Mar 1951)
Vicar Apostolic of Meki

Ad Limina - October 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Medea-Sebea

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Meki.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot †
Bishop Emeritus of Adigrat (Ethiopian)
Bishop Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.
Titular Bishop of Asuoremixta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M. (1998)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M. (2009)
Bishop Seyoum Franso Noel (2017)
Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I. (2025)
Bishop Merhakristos Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q329931

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,398

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