Kindane Yebio
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Most Reverend Kidane Yebio | |
|---|---|
| Eparchial Bishop of Keren | |
| Church | Eritrean Catholic Church |
| Province | Asmara |
| Appointed | 4 January 2003 |
| Installed | 2 March 2003 |
| Predecessor | Tesfamariam Bedho |
| Previous post | Protosyncellus of Keren (1996–2002) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 June 1985 |
| Consecration | 2 March 2003 by Menghesteab Tesfamariam, Luca Milesi, Thomas Osman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kidane Yebio 25 January 1958 Shinnara, Ethiopia (now Eritrea) |
| Nationality | Eritrean |
| Alma mater | Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pontifical Oriental Institute |
Kidane Yebio (born 25 January 1958) is an Eritrean Catholic hierarch who has served as the Eparch of the Eparchy of Keren since 2003. Until 2015 he belonged to the Ethiopian Catholic Church sui iuris.
Kidane Yebio was born on 25 January 1958 in Shinnara, now in Northern Red Sea region, Eritrea. He attended elementary school at St. Joseph's in Keren (1969–1973) before entering the minor seminary in Keren in 1974. He completed his secondary education and preparatory studies at the major seminary in Asmara between 1976 and 1980.[1]
Between 1980 and 1982, he studied biology at Asmara University before pursuing theological studies at the Theological Institute of Asmara. He was ordained a priest on 30 June 1985.[2] Following his ordination, he studied in Rome, earning a Licentiate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1988) and a Licentiate in Oriental Canon Law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute (1990).[3][1]
Priesthood
Returning to Eritrea in 1991, Yebio served as a pastor in Haddish Addi and directed the major seminary in Asmara (1992–1993).[1] In 1993, he was appointed Vicar General for the Western Eparchial Vicariate of Keren. Following the formal establishment of the Eparchy of Keren in 1995, he served as its Protosyncellus from 1996 until 2002. During this period, he was active in translating the New Testament and various liturgical prayers into the Bilin language.[3]