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Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun

Bishop of Bahir Dar - Dessie (Ethiopian)

Escudo de armas
Nacimiento
19 dic 1959 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Nacionalidad
Ethiopia
Ordenación sacerdotal
8 may 1988 Ethiopia
Ordenación episcopal
18 abr 2010 Titular
Nombramiento
19 ene 2015
Consagrante principal
Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel C.M.
Coconsagrantes
Musie Ghebreghiorghis Tesfasellassie Medhin

Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun was born on December 19, 1959, in the Gurage zone near Addis Ababa. He completed his initial theological studies in Rome and was ordained a priest on May 8, 1988. He obtained a Licentiate in Spirituality from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He served as Youth Chaplain, Pastoral Coordinator, Secretary General of the Archeparchy’s Catholic Secretariat, and Protosyncellus of the Archeparchy. On December 18, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Titular Bishop of Matara in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan See of Addis Ababa, with special pastoral responsibility for the Bahir Dar area. He received episcopal ordination on April 18, 2010. He also served as the CBCE Delegate Bishop for Ethiopian Catholics in the diaspora. He is proficient in English and Italian, as well as the liturgical languages of Ge'ez, Tigrinya, and Amharic.