"In Memoriam" Tribute: Recognizes Death of Prelates from North America, Africa, and Philippines

Honors Late Prelates

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IN MEMORIAM

The following prelates died in recent weeks:

– Bishop Andrew Joseph McDonald, emeritus of Little Rock, U.S.A., on 1 April at the age of 90.

– Bishop Michael Pearse Lacey, auxiliary emeritus of Toronto, Canada, on 2 April at the age of 97.

– Bishop Pedro Fre, C.SS.R., emeritus of Barretos, Brazil, on 3 April at the age of 89.

– Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch emeritus of Babylon of the Chaldeans, on 8 April at the age of 86.

– Archbishop Boniface Lele, emeritus of Mombasa, Kenya, on 9 April at the age of 67.

– Bishop Jan Hirka, emeritus of Presov, Slovakia, on 10 April at the age of 90.

– Archbishop Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron, emeritus of Lome, Togo, on 15 April at the age of 88.

– Bishop Anselmo Zarza Bernal, emeritus of Leon, Mexico, on 15 April at the age of 97.

– Bishop Ramon Malla Call, emeritus of Lleida, Spain, on 18 April at the age of 91.

– Bishop Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago, auxiliary of Portoviejo, Ecuador, on 21 April at the age of 71.

– Bishop Boniface Nyema Dalieh, emeritus of Cape Palmas, Liberia, on 25 April at the age of 80.

– Bishop Jose Moreira Bastos Neto, of Tres Lagoas, Brazil, on 26 April at the age of 61.

– Bishop Protacio Guevarra Gungon, emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines, on 26 April at the age of 88.

– Archbishop Aloisio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I., emeritus of Uberaba, Brazil, on 26 April at the age of 77.

– Archbishop Damiao Antonio Franklin, of Luanda, Angola, on 28 April at the age of 63.

– Bishop Tomas Balduino, O.P., emeritus of Goias, Brazil on 2 May at the age of 91.

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