ETHIOPIA: New Bishop for Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo
The Holy Father
Pope Francis on 11th October, 2013 appointed Rev. Tsegaye Keneni
Derera, Vicar General of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte, as Coadjutor of
the Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo (area 46,786, population 5,085,000, Catholics
144,747, priests 39, religious 41), Ethiopia.
The bishop-elect
was born in Metcha Borodo, Ethiopia in 1943 and was ordained a priest in 1976.
He holds a master degree in pastoral theology from the Loyola University of
Chicago, U.S.A., and has served in a number of pastoral and administrative
roles, including general secretary of the Catholic Secretariat of Addis Abeba,
executive secretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea, project
director of the Catholic St. Thomas Aquinias University of Ethiopia.
was born in Metcha Borodo, Ethiopia in 1943 and was ordained a priest in 1976.
He holds a master degree in pastoral theology from the Loyola University of
Chicago, U.S.A., and has served in a number of pastoral and administrative
roles, including general secretary of the Catholic Secretariat of Addis Abeba,
executive secretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea, project
director of the Catholic St. Thomas Aquinias University of Ethiopia.
AMECEA Secretary
General Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo on behalf of AMECEA Chairman Most Rev. Tarsicious
Ziyaye, Archbishop of Lilongwe congraculates the New Bishop-elect and wishes
him God’s blessing in his new Apostolate.
General Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo on behalf of AMECEA Chairman Most Rev. Tarsicious
Ziyaye, Archbishop of Lilongwe congraculates the New Bishop-elect and wishes
him God’s blessing in his new Apostolate.
Source: AMECEA Social Communications
