Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel

History
History
Priestly ordination
Date	4 July 1976
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Paulos Tzadua
Co-consecrators	Yohannes Woldeghiorghis; Woldetensae Ghebreghiorgis
Date	25 January 1998
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	14 February 2015

History
Ordination history of; Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	4 July 1976
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Paulos Tzadua
Co-consecrators	Yohannes Woldeghiorghis; Woldetensae Ghebreghiorgis
Date	25 January 1998
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	14 February 2015
Tesfasellassie Medhin
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel as principal consecrator
Tesfasellassie Medhin	20 January 2002
Abraham Desta	10 May 2002
Musie Ghebreghiorgis, OFM Cap.	8 February 2004
Rodrigo Mejia Saldarriaga, SJ	4 March 2007
Giovanni Migliorati, MCCI	31 May 2009
Theodorus van Ruiyven, CM	30 August 2009
Markos Ghebremedhin, CM	24 January 2010
Angelo Moreschi, SDB	31 January 2010
Woldeghiorghis Mathewos	11 April 2010
Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun	18 April 2010
Tsegaye Keneni Derara	24 November 2013
Angelo Pagano, OFM Cap.	29 May 2016
Roberto Bergamaschi, SDB	8 October 2016

His Eminence

Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel

C.M.
His Eminence; Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel; C.M.
Cardinal, Archbishop of Addis Abeba
Church	Ethiopian Catholic Church
See	Addis Abeba
Appointed	7 July 1999
Predecessor	Paulos Tzadua
Other post(s)	President of Council of the Ethiopian Church; President of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Episcopal Conference; Cardinal-Priest of San Romano Martire;
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Bita (1997–1999); Apostolic Administrator of Addis Abeba (1997–1999);
Orders
Ordination	4 July 1976
Consecration	25 January 1998; by Paulos Tzadua
Created cardinal	14 February 2015; by Pope Francis
Personal details
Born	14 July 1948 (age 76); Tchela Claka
Nationality	Ethiopian
Coat of arms

Styles of Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, CM (born 14 July 1948) is an Ethiopian prelate of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, which he has headed since his election as Ethiopian Catholic Archbishop of Addis Abeba in 1999. He is also the chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.

He was imprisoned while a priest by the Communist government of Ethiopia in 1979–80. A member of the Congregation of the Mission, he directed the order's novitiate in the mid-1980s and was provincial superior from 1990 to 1994. He served as auxiliary bishop of Addis Abeba for 18 months before becoming archbishop.