Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel

His Eminence Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel C.M.
Cardinal, Archbishop of Addis Abeba
Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel with Luigi Mazzucato in the inauguration of a medical-aid program
Church	Ethiopian Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Addis Abeba
See	Addis Abeba
Appointed	7 July 1999
Predecessor	Paulos Tzadua
Other posts	President of Council of the Ethiopian Church President of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Episcopal Conference Cardinal-Priest of San Romano Martire Member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants
Orders
Ordination	4 July 1976
Consecration	25 January 1998 by Paulos Tzadua
Created Cardinal	14 February 2015 by Pope Francis
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-14) 14 July 1948 (age 68) Tchela Claka
Nationality	Ethiopian
Denomination	Ethiopian Catholic Church
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Bita (1997-1999) Apostolic Administrator of Addis Abeba (1997-1999)
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Ordination history of Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	4 July 1976
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Paulos Tzadua
Co-consecrators	Yohannes Woldeghiorghis Woldetensae Ghebreghiorgis
Date of consecration	25 January 1998
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date of elevation	14 February 2015
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

Styles of Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (born Tchela Claka, Ethiopia, 14 July 1948) is an Ethiopian Catholic cardinal. He is the head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church since his election in 1999, Ethiopian Catholic Archbishop of Addis Abeba, and the Chancellor for The Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis in 2015.

Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel was born on 14 July 1948 in Tchela Claka, near Harar in Ethiopia. He studied at the Makanissa Major Seminary and entered in the Congregation of the Mission (popularly known as Lazarists or Vincentians). He studied Theology at King's College London and was ordained Catholic priest on 4 July 1976. He also earned a degree in sociology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

In 1990 Berhaneyesus Souraphiel became Provincial superior of the Lazarists in Addis Abeba. In 1994 he was appointed as Prefect of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jimma-Bonga. On 7 November 1997 he was chosen as auxiliary bishop of Addis Abeba and was consecrated bishop on 25 January 1998 by Cardinal Paulos Tzadua. On 7 July 1999 he succeeded to Cardinal Paulos Tzadua as Ethiopian Catholic Archbishop of Addis Abeba.

In December 2008, he was one of a dozen Ethiopian religious figures who adopted a resolution against homosexuality, urging Ethiopian lawmakers to endorse a ban on homosexual activity in the constitution.

He was elected as the chairman of AMECEA during the 18th Plenary Assembly in Malawi in July, 2014. At the same session, Rt. Rev. Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya), was elected Chairman of the University Council (www.cuea.edu/Harmon).

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