Bishop Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B.

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1973		Born
4 May 2003	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
21 Mar 2026	52.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia
14 Jun 2026	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay
Bishop Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay S.D.B.
(born 1 Oct 1973)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gambella

Event Place
Birth Place Alitena, Eparchy of Adigrat (Ethiopian)
Ordained Bishop Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Gambella, Vicariate Apostolic of Gambella

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Gambella.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel, C.M.
Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Abraham Desta
Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici
Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B.
Titular Bishop of Ambia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel, C.M. (1998)
Archbishop Emeritus 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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q138752234

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 Mar 2026
ob: CB, 8 Apr 2026
c2+: CB, 14 Jun 2026

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