Bishop Woldeghiorghis Matheos

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hosanna, Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Turuda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jun 1940		Born
4 May 1969	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hosanna, Ethiopia
20 Jan 2010	69.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia
20 Jan 2010	69.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turuda
11 Apr 2010	69.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Turuda
8 Apr 2017	76.7	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Woldeghiorghis Matheos
Bishop Woldeghiorghis Matheos
(born 22 Jun 1940)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hosanna

Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Wagabeta, Prefecture Apostolic of Hosanna

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Hosanna.

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 Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga, S.J.
Titular Bishop of Vulturia
Bishop Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.I. †
Titular Bishop of Ambia

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 Seyoum Franso Noel (2017)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1633839

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Jan 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 202, Number 16,621
r: Bollettino, 8 Apr 2017
ln/bp: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2017, Page 994

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