Appointment of coadjutor apostolic vicar of Gambella, Ethiopia

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B., as coadjutor apostolic vicar of Gambella, Ethiopia.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B., was born on 1 October 1973 in Alitena, Ethiopia, to Medhin Tesfay and Amlesu Weldeselassie. After entering the novitiate of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco in Gotera, Addis Ababa, he gave his perpetual vows in 2002 in Addis Ababa.

He was ordained a priest on 4 May 2003 in Adigrat.

After ordination, he first held the roles of vicar, parish priest and bursar in Adwa (2003-2006). He obtained a licentiate in theology from the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome (2006-2009). After serving as a lecturer in theology in Utume, Kenya (2009-2013), he was awarded a doctorate in theology from the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome (2013-2016), and went on to hold the offices of rector and parish priest in Mekanissa, Addis Ababa (2016-2019), provincial superior of the “Kidane Mehret” Salesian Visitation, Ethiopia-Eritrea (2019-2025), and president of the Conference of Major Superiors in Ethiopia (2020-2025).