Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap.

Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 May 1950		Born
13 Jul 1969	19.1	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
18 Jul 1970	20.1	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
19 Jul 1976	26.1	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
10 Jul 1977	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
4 Oct 2001	51.3	Appointed	Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea
13 Jan 2002	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean), Eritrea

MicroData Summary
Thomas Osman
Bishop Thomas Osman O.F.M. Cap.
(born 25 May 1950)
Bishop of Barentu

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

Event Place
Birth Place Lemuna, Ordinariate of Eritrea (Ethiopian)
Ordained Bishop Kidane Mehret, Cathedral, Barentu, Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean)

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Barentu (Eritrean).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Zekarias Yohannes †
Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop Emeritus of Barentu (Eritrean)
Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho †
Bishop of Keren (Eritrean)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Zekarias Yohannes † (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Archbishop Paulos 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 Kidane Yebio (2003)
Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (2012)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 281229978
WikiData: Q1510664

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Number 14,117
qfmc: CB, 1 May 2026

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