Bishop François Abraha †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Apr 1918		Born	Asmara
12 Mar 1944	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
9 Apr 1961	43.0	Appointed	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
8 Oct 1961	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
17 Jul 1984	66.3	Resigned	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
26 Mar 2000	82.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

a priest for 56.0 years
a bishop for 38.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai †
Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François Abraha † (1961)
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † (1958)
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai † (1951)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. †
Paulos Cardinal Tzadua †
Bishop Zekarias Yohannes
Bishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. †

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