Archbishop Abune Tesfaye (Tesfasilasie) Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.

Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1969		Born
1986²	16.2	Entered	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
1 Nov 1994	25.1	Perpetual Vows	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
26 Aug 1995	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
30 Sep 2015	46.0	Elected	Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
6 Nov 2024	55.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
6 Nov 2024	55.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cleopatris
2 Feb 2025	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cleopatris
12 Jun 2026	56.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Abune Tesfaye (Tesfasilasie) Tadesse Gebresilasie
Archbishop Abune Tesfaye (Tesfasilasie) Tadesse Gebresilasie M.C.C.I.
(born 22 Sep 1969)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba

Event Place
Birth Place Harar, Vicariate Apostolic of Galla
Ordained Priest Addis Abeba, Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Ordained Bishop Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cathedral, Addis Abeba, Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel, C.M.
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.
Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean)
Bishop Abraham Desta
Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Merhakristos Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q105710294

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Nov 2024
ob: CB, 5 Dec 2024
c2+: CB, 2 Feb 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 263, Number 21,682
ab: Bollettino, 12 Jun 2026

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