Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel Net Worth

Background and career

Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, CM (Amharic: ብርሃነ ኢየሱስ ደምረው ሱራፌል; born 14 July 1948) is a hierarch of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, that served as a head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church sui iuris and Archbishop of Addis Abeba since 1999 until his retirement in 2026. He is also the chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.

He was imprisoned by the Communist government of Ethiopia in 1979–80. A member of the Congregation of the Mission, he directed the order's novitiate in the mid-1980s and was provincial superior from 1990 to 1994. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Addis Abeba for 18 months before becoming archbishop.