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Life and ministry
Wolde Yesus [ወልደየሱስ] was born in 1941 (1933 A.M.).
- His father’s name is unknown to the webmaster.
He attended school in Waagabata. In 1958, he became Abba Dominique’s coworker in Jajura.
Next to his catechetical work, Wolde Yesus helped translate the missal book into Hadiyyisa.
Wolde Yesus and his wife’s daughter, Maryam, was baptised in 1964 (the first baptism in a Catholic church in Hossana).
In 1972, Wolde Yesus and many other Catholic catechists in Ethiopia received formal catechetical training in Sadaama.
In his many years of ministry, Wolde Yesus served as catechist in several Catholic congregations in the Hadiyya Zone (Jajura, Wassera, Sadaama, …) and one congregation in Wolaytta (Dubbo’o).
Wolde Yesus seems to have been the first Catholic to write original songs in Hadiyyisa (i.e., no translation from French or Italian).
- Date of composition: probably 1966 A.M. (= 1973/74 A.D.);
The French Cappuchin Priest at the station then was Fa. René.
In 2013, Wolde Yesus lived in Sadaama.
Contact
Tel. (in 2013): 0916.824692