In memoriam

April 20, 2015
By Ss. Peter & Paul

By VISarchive 02
Vatican City, 20 April 2015 (VIS) – The following prelates have died in recent weeks:
– Bishop Andre Vallee, P.M.E., emeritus of Hearst, Canada, on 28 February at the age of 84.
– Cardinal Edward Michael Egan, archbishop emeritus of New York, U.S.A, on 5 March at the age of 82.
– Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto, emeritus of Malaga, Spain, on 17 March at the age of 83.
– Bishop Malachy John Goltok, of Bauchi, Nigeria, on 21 March at the age of 49.
– Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi, emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo Italy, on 26 March at the age of 89.
– Bishop Alonso Llano Ruiz, emeritus of Istmina-Tado, Colombia, on 26 March at the age of 83.
– Bishop Juan Carlos Maccarone, emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, on 29 March at the age of 74.
– Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva, emeritus of Dili, East Timor, on 2 April at the age of 71.
– Bishop William Benedict Friend, emeritus of Shreveport, U.S.A. on 2 April at the age of 83.
– Archbishop Luis María Perez de Onraita Aguirre, emeritus of Malanje, Angola on 3 April at the age of 81.
– Bishop Eugene Moke Motsuri , auxiliary emeritus of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 6 April at the age of 99.
– Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop emeritus of Montreal, Canada, on 8 April at the age of 78.
– Bishop Joao Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., of Paranagua, Brazil, on 9 April at the age of 58.
-Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka, on 9 April at the age of 82.
– Bishop Antonio Alberto Guimaraes Rezende, C.S.S., emeritus of Caetite, Brazil, on 13 April at the age of 89.
– Cardinal Roberto Tucci, S.J., on 14 April, at the age of 93.
– Bishop Felice Leonardo, emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy, on 15 April at the age of 100
– Cardinal Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., archbishop emeritus of Chicago, U.S.A., on 17 April at the age of 78.

Source:: Vatican Information Service