IN MEMORIAM

VATICAN CITY, SEP 2, 2005 (VIS) - The following prelates died recently:

 - Bishop Jean Dardel, emeritus of Clermont, France, on August 5, 2005, at the age of 85.

 - Bishop Sylvester Monteiro of Aurangabad, India, on August 14, 2005, at the age of 71.

 - Bishop Bernard Martin Ngaviliau C.S.Sp., emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania, on June 26, 2005, at the age of 88.

 - Bishop Charles-Remy Rakotonirina S.J., of Farafangana, Madagascar, on August 5, 2005, at the age of 77.

 - Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt O.F.M. Cap., emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, on August 4, 2005, at the age of 86.

 - Archbishop Dominic Vendargon, emeritus of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 3, 2005, at the age of 95.

 - Bishop Luigi Locati, apostolic vicar of Isiolo, Kenya, on July 14, 2005, at the age of 76.

- Bishop Gerard Ngoy Kabwe, emeritus of Manono, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2004, at the age of 86.

 - Bishop Abelardo Francisco Silva, emeritus of San Miguel, Argentina, on July 15, 2005, at the age of 80.

 - Bishop Pierre-Jean Tran Xuan Hap, emeritus of Vinh, Vietnam, on July 6, 2005, at the age of 84.
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