Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot
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Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot (10 September 1933 - 2 June 2009) was an Ethiopia
n Roman Catholic prelate
. Teklehaimanot served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Adigrat
, in the northern Tigray
region, from his ordination on 12 October 1984, until his retirement on 16 November 2001. He was succeeded by Bishop Tesfay Medhin.
Teklehaimanot remained the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Adigrat until his death on 2 June 2009, at the age of 75.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n Roman Catholic prelate
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
. Teklehaimanot served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Adigrat
Adigrat
Adigrat is a city in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Misraqawi Zone at longitude and latitude with an elevation of 2457 meters above sea level, below a high ridge to the west, Adigrat is the last important Ethiopian city south of the border with Eritrea, and is considered to be a...
, in the northern Tigray
Tigray Region
Tigray Region is the northernmost of the nine ethnic regions of Ethiopia containing the homeland of the Tigray people. It was formerly known as Region 1...
region, from his ordination on 12 October 1984, until his retirement on 16 November 2001. He was succeeded by Bishop Tesfay Medhin.
Teklehaimanot remained the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Adigrat until his death on 2 June 2009, at the age of 75.