The Catholic Bishops of Eritrea have duly appointed Rt. Rev. Thomas Osman, OFM Cap., Bishop of Eparchy of Barentu as Eritrean Representative to the AMECEA Executive Board.
Bishop Osman takes over from Rt. Rev. Kidane Yebio of Keren who has been in the AMECEA Executive Board for the last six years and whose term ended with the AMECEA 18th Plenary Assembly.
The New board members were appointed during the Plenary Assembly in Malawi of which Eritrea did not have a bishop representative. The board has so far met once since the plenary Assembly; a meeting which took place in Nairobi in on 25th to 26th September, 2014.
Rt. Rev. Thomas Osman was born on 25th May 1950 and was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on 10th July, 1977. He was Appointed Bishop of Barentu on 4th October 2001 and was ordained Bishop on 13th January 2002.
Source: Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Social Communications