Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma

Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma (born 4 December 1978) is a Roman Catholic prelate in Ethiopia, who was appointed as the Apostolic Vicar of the Roman Catholic Vicariate of Awasa (Hawassa), Ethiopia on 15 November 2024, by Pope Francis. Prior to his appointment as Apostolic Vicar, Monsignor Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma served as a priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of Meki, Ethiopia.

He attended Jimma University of Agriculture and while there he studied agriculture. He then studied philosophy and theology at the Capuchin Franciscan Institute in Addis Ababa. He graduated with a diploma in philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.

He was installed as Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa, Ethiopia on 9 February 2025 by the hands of Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel, Archbishop of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian) assisted by Bishop Abraham Desta, Titular Bishop of Horrea Aninici and Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, Titular Bishop of Cleopatris.