Friday, March 2, 2007

IN MEMORIAM

VATICAN CITY, MAR 2, 2007 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:

 - Cardinal Frederic Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi C.I.C.M., archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 6 at the age of 76.

 - Cardinal Antonio Maria Javierre Ortas S.D.B., prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, on February 1, at the age of 85.

 - Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek of Antioch of the Syrians, Lebanon, on February 21, at the age of 96.

 - Major Archbishop Cyril Mar Baselios Malancharuvil O.I.C. of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars, India, on January 18, at the age of 71.

 - Bishop Generoso C. Camina P.M.E., emeritus of Digos, Philippines, on February 1, at the age of 75.

 - Archbishop Gerard de Milleville C.S.Sp., titular of Gabala, on January 12, at the age of 94.

 - Bishop Johannes Gorantla of Kurnool, India, on January 20, at the age of 54.

 - Archbishop Bernard Jacqueline, apostolic nuncio, on February 26, at the age of 88.

 - Bishop John J. Kaising, auxiliary to the military ordinariate for the U.S.A., on January 14, at the age of 70.

 - Bishop Mathias Kappil, emeritus of Punalur, India, on February 24, at the age of 79.

 - Archbishop Jose Lambert C.S.S., emeritus of Sorocaba, Brazil, on February 26, at the age of 77

 - Bishop Ovidio Lari, emeritus of Aosta, Italy, on February 2, at the age of 88.

 - Bishop Gerard Francis Loft S.M., emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands, on February 4, at the age of 73.

 - Bishop Bernard Mabula, emeritus of Singida, Tanzania, on February 24, at the age of 87.

 - Archbishop Anthony G. Meagher of Kingston, Canada, on January 14, at the age of 66.

 - Archbishop Joseph Peter Mallon, emeritus of Regina, Canada, on February 3, at the age of 77.

 - Archbishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer, emeritus of Damascus of the Syrians, Syria, on February 16, at the age of 81.

 - Bishop Bonaventure Patrick Paul O.F.M., emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan, Pakistan, on January 18, at the age of 77.

 - Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza, titular of Diospoli superiore, on January 9, at the age of 88.

 - Bishop Jairo Rui Matos da Silva, emeritus of Bonfim, Brazil, on January 12, at the age of 77.

 - Bishop Hermann Josef Spital, emeritus of Trier, Germany, on January 10, at the age of 81.

 - Bishop Leon Augustine Tharmaraj of Kottar, India, on January 16, at the age of 65.

 - Archbishop Augusto Trujillo Arango, emeritus of Tunja, Colombia, on February 24, at the age of 84.
.../DEATHS/...                            VIS 20070302 (440)

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