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François Abraha
François Abraha (2 April 1918 – 26 March 2000) was an Ethiopian bishop of the Ethiopian Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Asmara, Eparchy of Asmara from 1961 to 1984. Biography He was born on 2 April 1918 in Asmara during the Italian occupation of Eritrea. His Sudanese father and Ethiopian mother married in Keren, Eritrea. Both died of the plague leaving a two-year-old orphan to be raised in a Catholic orphanage. He studied in Rome at the Pontifical Urban University, taught at the seminary in Addis Ababa, returned to Rome as dean of studies at the Ethiopian College, and founded the Ethiopian news service of Vatican Radio and worked there for two years until, in 1951, he was named secretary to the new Apostolic Exarch of Asmara, Bishop Ghebre Jesus Jacob. He had been ordained a priest on 12 March 1944 under the British Military Administration of the region. On 9 April 1961, Pope John XXIII named him the first Bishop of Asmara. He receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Catholic Church
The Ethiopian Catholic Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊክ ቤተ ክርስቲያን; la, Ecclesia Catholica Aethiopica) is a metropolitan ''sui iuris'' Eastern particular church within the Catholic Church, established in 1930 in Ethiopia. Like the other Eastern Catholic Churches, the Ethiopian Catholic Church is in full communion with the Holy See. It holds the Christological doctrine of the Council of Chalcedon and accepts the universal jurisdiction of the pope. These points distinguish it from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, an Oriental Orthodox Church which comprises most Christians in the country. The Ethiopian Catholic Church follows the Alexandrian liturgical rite used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Coptic Church. As its liturgical language it employs Ge'ez, a Semitic language that fell out of daily use several centuries ago. Terminology The term "Ethiopic Catholic Church", which was synonymous with "Ethiopian Catholic Church" u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
