Bishop Zekarias Yohannes †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1925		Born
2 Jun 1949	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
29 Jan 1981	55.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
29 Jan 1981	55.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Barca
6 Jun 1981	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Barca
17 Jul 1984	59.1	Appointed	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
25 Jun 2001	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea
1 Dec 2016	91.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Asmara (Ethiopian), Eritrea

MicroData Summary
Zekarias Yohannes
Bishop Zekarias Yohannes
(born 13 May 1925, died 1 Dec 2016)
Bishop Emeritus of Asmara

Ad Limina - October 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Adigenú
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Church, Addis Abeba, Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia

a priest for 67.4 years
a bishop for 35.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Paulos Tzadua †
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru †
Archbishop Emeritus of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Bishop François Abraha †
Bishop of Asmara (Ethiopian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Paulos Tzadua † (1973)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Archbishop Asrate Mariam Yemmeru † (1958)
Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian)
Bishop Hailé Mariam Cahsai † (1951)
Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim (1996)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam, M.C.C.I. (2001)
Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot † (1985)
Bishop Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. † (1986)
Bishop Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap. (1993)
Bishop Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. † (1996)
Bishop Tesfamariam Bedho † (1996)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2086888
WikiData: Q187213

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 1 Dec 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 68, Number 5,385

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