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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma, currently Vicar Delegate of the Apostolic Vicariate of Meki and Executive Director of the Diocesan Caritas, as Apostolic Vicar of Awasa (Ethiopia).
His Exc. Msgr. Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma was born on 4 December, 1978 in Dodola (Bale Zone), in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. He studied agriculture at the Jimma University of Agriculture and Philosophy and Theology at the Capuchin Franciscan Institute in Addis Ababa. He obtained a Diploma in Philosophy and a BA in Theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 16 January 2005. He has held the following positions and undertaken further studies: Secretary of the Apostolic Vicar of Meki and Youth Coordinator (2004-2005); Deputy Secretary General, then Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Meki (2006-2009); Master in Development Studies at the Kimmage Development Studies Centre in Dublin and Doctorate in Theology with specialization in Catholic Social Teaching at St Patrick's Pontifical University of Maynooth (2009-2015). Back in Ethiopia, since 2016 he has been Vicar Delegate of the Apostolic Vicariate of Meki and Executive Director of Diocesan Caritas (Meki Catholic Secretariat). (Agenzia Fides, 15/11/2024)
