Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel


Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel

Cardinal, Archbishop of Addis Abeba
ChurchEthiopian Catholic Church
SeeAddis Abeba
Appointed7 July 1999
PredecessorPaulos Tzadua
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
  • Titular Bishop of Bita (1997–1999)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Addis Abeba (1997–1999)
Orders
Ordination4 July 1976
Consecration25 January 1998
by Paulos Tzadua
Created cardinal14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
Personal details
Born (1948-07-14) 14 July 1948 (age 76)
Tchela Claka
NationalityEthiopian
Coat of armsBerhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
History
Priestly ordination
Date4 July 1976
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorPaulos Tzadua
Co-consecratorsYohannes Woldeghiorghis
Woldetensae Ghebreghiorgis
Date25 January 1998
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date14 February 2015
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel as principal consecrator
Tesfasellassie Medhin20 January 2002
Abraham Desta10 May 2002
Musie Ghebreghiorgis, OFM Cap.8 February 2004
Rodrigo Mejia Saldarriaga, SJ4 March 2007
Giovanni Migliorati, MCCI31 May 2009
Theodorus van Ruiyven, CM30 August 2009
Markos Ghebremedhin, CM24 January 2010
Angelo Moreschi, SDB31 January 2010
Woldeghiorghis Mathewos11 April 2010
Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun18 April 2010
Tsegaye Keneni Derara24 November 2013
Angelo Pagano, OFM Cap.29 May 2016
Roberto Bergamaschi, SDB8 October 2016
Styles of
Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

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.