IN MEMORIAM

VATICAN CITY, JUL 20, 2006 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:

 - Archbishop Estanislao Alcaraz Figueroa, emeritus of Morelia, Mexico, on July 13, at the age of 87.

 - Bishop Julio Amilcar Bethancourt Fioravanti of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala, on July 5, at the age of 69.

 - Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick, emeritus of Albany, U.S.A., on July 2, at the age of 89.

 - Bishop Jose Fernandes Veloso, emeritus of Petropolis, Brazil, on July 10, at the age of 90.

 - Bishop Thomas Fernando, emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India, on July 4, at the age of 93.

 - Bishop Jesus Rocha of Oliveira, Brazil, on July 13, at the age of 66.

 - Bishop Carlos Talavera Ramirez, emeritus of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, on July 2, at the age of 82.
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