Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Tesfasellassie Medhin | |
Bishop of Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat | |
Church: | Eastern Catholic Churches |
See: | Adigrat |
Appointed: | 16 Nov 2001 |
Ordination: | 4 Apr 1980 |
Consecration: | 20 Jan 2002 |
Consecrated By: | Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel CM |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1953 |
Birth Place: | Alitena, Ethiopia |
Nationality: | Ethiopian |
Religion: | Ethiopian Catholic Church |
Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin[1] [2] [3] is the serving Bishop of Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia.
He was born on 8 Jan 1953 in Alitena, Ethiopia.
He was Ordained a Priest on 4 Apr 1980. He was Appointed Bishop of Adigrat (Ethiopian), Ethiopia on 16 Nov 2001 and Ordained on 20 Jan 2002.[4] [5]
In November 2021, Tesfaselassie Medhin denounced "a genocidal war" and criticized the joint report of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in the Tigray region.