Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel 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 onJuly 1948 in Tchela Claka, near Harar in Ethiopia. He studied at the Makanissa Major Seminary and entered in the Congregation of the Mission . He studied Theology at Kings College London and was ordained Catholic priest onJuly 1976. He also earned a degree in sociology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
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