Tesfay Medhin
Tesfay Medhin , also Tesfaselassie Medhin , (born January 8, 1953 in Alitena , Ethiopia ) is Bishop of the Eparchy Adigrat of the Ethiopian Catholic Church .
Life
Tesfay Medhin was ordained a priest on April 4, 1980 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him the sixth Bishop of the Eparchy Adigrat of the Ethiopian Catholic Church in 2001. He was ordained bishop on January 20, 2002 by the Archbishop of Addis Ababa , Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel CM ; Co-consecrators were his predecessor Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot, who died in 2009, and Bishop Yohannes Woldegiorgis , Vicar Apostolic of Meki .
He is a member of the administrative board of the Association of Bishops' Conferences of East Africa (AMECEA) and also represents Ethiopia in the AMECEA. Under his patronage was the OVC project, which from 2010 in cooperation with the Rahel educational project supported disadvantaged young people - mostly young women - in Adigrat during their studies or training.
Web links
- Entry on Tesfasellassie Medhin on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 18, 2016.
- Picture by Tesfay Medhin ( Memento from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Photo series Church inauguration in Dawhan in Irob Wereda by Tesfay Medhin (PDF file; 2.30 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The current office bearers (Executive Board) are:" , AMECEA, accessed 17 June 2009
- ^ Judith Breunig, Madeleine Helbig, Claudia Berg, Stefanie Matulla, Magdalena Strauch, Marita Wagner, Benedikt Winkler: Rahel - An educational project for Adigrat . Festschrift of the student initiative - A look through time: 2010-2015. Institute for World Church and Mission, Frankfurt am Main June 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot SDS |
Bishop of Adigrat since 2001 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Medhin, Tesfay |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Medhin, Tesfaselassie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian clergyman; Bishop of Adigrat, Ethiopia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alitena , Ethiopia |