Menghesteab Tesfamariam

Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I., (born 24 December 1948 in Berakit) is, as metropolitan archbishop of the Archeparchy of Asmara, the head of the Eritrean Catholic Church. Ordained as a priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus[1] on 18 February 1979, he was appointed as Bishop of Asmara on 25 June 2001, and ordained on 16 September.[2]

The Most Reverend

Menghesteab Tesfamariam

M.C.C.I.
Archbishop of Asmara
ChurchEritrean Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAsmara
Orders
Ordination18 February 1979
Consecration16 September 2001
by Zekarias Yohannes
Personal details
Born (1948-12-24) December 24, 1948
Berakit
Nationality Eritrea
DenominationEritrean Catholic
Previous post(s)Ethiopian Catholic Bishop of Asmara (2001-2015)

In January 2015, Pope Francis established the Eritrean Catholic Church as an autonomous sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church, thus separating it from the Ethiopian Catholic Church. At the same time he elevated the Eparchy of Asmara to the dignity of an Archeparchy and named Menghesteab Tesfamariam as the head of the new church.

Work

On June 30, 2011, in a speech in Nairobi, he proposed the establishment of a new scholarship fund in each diocese in the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) region to provide assistance to under-privileged students.[3]

References
  1. Missionaries, Comboni (2006). Nigrizia (in Italian). Missionari Comboniani. p. 13. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. "Bishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I." Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. "AFRICA: Bishop calls for creation of a Scholarship Fund". CISA News Africa. Retrieved 16 July 2012.


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