Bishop François Abraha †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Apr 1918		Born
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	66.2	Resigned	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
26 Mar 2000	81.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

MicroData Summary
François Abraha
Bishop François Abraha
(born 2 Apr 1918, died 26 Mar 2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Asmara

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Asmara, Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Asmara, Eparchy of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 56.0 years
a bishop for 38.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai †
Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian)
Bishop Urbain-Marie Person, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Cyme

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho † (1965)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sebhat-Leab Worku, S.D.B. † (1971)
Paulos Cardinal Tzadua † (1973)
Bishop Zekarias Yohannes † (1981)
Bishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. † (1986)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 3637150808962919000006
WikiData: Q4668712

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 125

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