Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie MCCJ, (born on 22 September 1969), is an Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate who is Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia since 2024.
[1] He studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in Rome, Italy.
He was ordained a priest of the Order of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus on 26 August 1995 at Addis Ababa in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia.
[1][2] As a priest, he served in various roles in different locations, including as:[2] On 6 November 2024, Pope Francis appointed Reverend Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie as Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
[4] He was consecrated and installed there on 2 February 2025 at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Addis Ababa.