Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin

Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jan 1953		Born
4 Apr 1980	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
16 Nov 2001	48.8	Appointed	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
20 Jan 2002	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Tesfasellassie Medhin
Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin
(born 8 Jan 1953)
Bishop of Adigrat

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

Event Place
Birth Place Alitena, Prefecture Apostolic of Tigrai
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Adigrat, Eparchy of Adigrat (Ethiopian)

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Adigrat (Ethiopian).

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 Yohannes Woldegiorgis †
Titular Bishop of Forma

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 Musie Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (2004)
Bishop Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B. † (2010)
Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun (2010)
Bishop Tsegaye Keneni Derara (2013)
Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B. (2016)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2406182

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Number 14,118

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