Menghesteab Tesfamariam

Menghesteab Tesfamariam (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] 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] 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.[4] 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.

The Most Reverend

Menghesteab Tesfamariam
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
NationalityEritrea
DenominationEritrean Catholic
Previous postEthiopian Catholic Bishop of Asmara (2001-2015)

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.
  4. "Erezione della Chiesa Metropolitana sui iuris eritrea e nomina del primo Metropolita". Holy See Press Office. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Zekarias Yohannes		 Bishop of Asmara of the Ethiopians
2001–2015		 Succeeded by
Himself
as Archbishop of Asmara of the Eritreans
Preceded by
Himself
as Bishop of Asmara of the Ethiopians		 Archbishop of Asmara of the Eritreans
2015–present		 Incumbent



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