Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I.

Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1948		Born
18 Feb 1979	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus
25 Jun 2001	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
16 Sep 2001	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
19 Jan 2015	66.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Asmara (Eritrean), Eritrea

MicroData Summary for Menghesteab Tesfamariam
Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam M.C.C.I. (born 24 Dec 1948) Archbishop of Asmara

Ad Limina - October 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Berakit

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Asmara (Eritrean).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Zekarias Yohannes †
Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho †
Bishop of Keren (Eritrean)
Bishop Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Barentu (Eritrean)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Zekarias Yohannes † (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian)
Archbishop Paulos 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 Ostia
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Kindane Yebio (2003)
Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (2012)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Number 14,049
ab: Bollettino, 19 Jan 2015

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