Bishop Merhakristos Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma

Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1978		Born
16 Jan 2005	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meki, Ethiopia
15 Nov 2024	45.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia
9 Feb 2025	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Vicar Apostolic of Awasa, Ethiopia

MicroData Summary
Merhakristos Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma
Bishop Merhakristos Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma
(born 4 Dec 1978)
Vicar Apostolic of Awasa

Event Place
Birth Place Dodola (Bale Zone), Vicariate Apostolic of Harar
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Awasa, Vicariate Apostolic of Awasa

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Awasa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel, C.M.
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Abraham Desta
Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici
Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.
Titular Bishop of Cleopatris

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal 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

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WikiData: Q131192024

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Nov 2024
bpd: CB, 15 Nov 2024
fn/ob/c2+: CB, 6 Feb 2025

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