Recent Events

Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cleopatris and Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Fr. Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma, Priest of Meki (Ethiopia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Fr. Juan Antonio González Núñez, M.C.C.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J., Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Missionaries), was elected Titular Bishop of Cleopatris and Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Fr. Getahun Fanta Shikune, C.M., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

Fr. Dejene Hidoto Gamo, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Soddo (Ethiopia)

Bishop Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.J., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Awasa (Ethiopia), passed away at 93

Bishop Musiè Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae succeeded as Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés, Titular Archbishop of Sarda, passed away at 83

Bishop Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Soddo–Hosanna (Ethiopia), passed away at 97

Fr. Getahun Fanta Shikune, C.M., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

Fr. Girma Tesfaye resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

Fr. Dejene Hidoto Gamo, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Soddo (Ethiopia)

Bishop Seyoum Franso Noel resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Soddo (Ethiopia)

Bishop Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae resigned as General Secretary of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia

Fr. Asfaw Ketema, Priest of Nekemte (Ethiopia), was appointed as General Secretary of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia

Archbishop Antoine Camilleri, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti, Apostolic Delegate to Somalia and Special Representative to African Union (AU), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba

Fr. Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Fr. Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae, Priest of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) and General Secretary of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia, was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Tsegaye Keneni Derara resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Soddo (Ethiopia)

Bishop Seyoum Franso Noel, Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Soddo (Ethiopia)

Fr. Girma Tesfaye was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M., Titular Bishop of Chullu and Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia), was appointed as Bishop of Balasore (India)

Archbishop Patrick Coveney, Titular Archbishop of Satriano, passed away at 88

Bishop Georges Perron, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Djibouti (Djibouti), passed away at 96

Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., Titular Archbishop of Asolo and Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta), was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., was appointed as Special Delegate to Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., Titular Archbishop of Asolo and Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia), was appointed as Vicar Apostolic of Gambella (Ethiopia)

Fr. Juan Antonio González Núñez, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Awasa (Ethiopia)

Fr. Abba Tesfaye Woldemariam Fesuh was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in United States of America and Canada of the Ethiopics

Bishop Angelo Moreschi, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Gambella (Ethiopia), passed away at 67

Fr. Petros Berga was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Ethiopics

Archbishop Antoine Camilleri was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti, Apostolic Delegate to Somalia and Special Representative to African Union (AU)

Msgr. Antoine Camilleri was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Skálholt

Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, Priest of Malta (Malta), Undersecretary for Relations with States of Secretariat of State, Prelate of Honour of His Holiness and Member of Financial Security Committee, was elected Titular Archbishop of Skálholt

Fr. Lukas Teshome Fikre Woldetensae, Priest of Emdeber of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia), was appointed as General Secretary of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia

Archbishop Luigi Bianco, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia, Special Representative to African Union (AU), Apostolic Nuncio to Djibouti and Apostolic Delegate to Somalia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda

Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., resigned as President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa

Prof. Benyam Dawit Mezmur was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Archbishop George Panikulam resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay

Fr. Seyoum Franso Noel was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Eminentiana

Archbishop Thomas A. White (陶懷德), Titular Archbishop of Sabiona, passed away at 85

Bishop Woldeghiorghis Matheos resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Fr. Seyoum Franso Noel, Priest of Meki (Ethiopia), was elected Titular Bishop of Eminentiana and Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Fr. Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Ambia

Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

Fr. Roberto Bergamaschi, S.D.B., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Ambia

Fr. Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia) and Titular Bishop of Ficus

Bishop Giovanni Migliorati, M.C.C.J., Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (Ethiopia), passed away at 73

Bishop Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia)

Fr. Angelo Pagano, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Titular Bishop of Ficus and Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia)

Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S., resigned as Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG), Permanent Observer to World Trade Organization (WTO) and Representative to International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Romano Martire

Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.J., was appointed as Superior General of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Missionaries)

Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., President of Council of the Ethiopian Church, President of Interritual Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia, Metropolitan of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia) and President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Romano Martire

Diocese of Bahir Dar–Dessie (Ethiopic Rite) was established (from Metropolitanate sui juris of Addis Abeba and became suffragan of Addis Abeba) (Ethiopia)

Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun, Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia), was appointed as Bishop of Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)