Holy See Lists 'In Memoriam' Prelates Who Have Died Recently

Included Are Bishops from Italy, Brazil, Canada and the Philippines

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IN MEMORIAM

The following prelates died in recent weeks:

– Bishop Livio Maritano, emeritus of Acqui, Italy on 6 May at the age of 88.

– Bishop Homero Leite Meira, emeritus of Irece, Baia, Brazil on 8 May at the age of 82.

– Bishop Gerard Drainville, emeritus of Amos, Quebec, Canada, on 11 May at the age of 84.

– Bishop Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil, on 11 May at the age of 86.

– Cardinal Marco Ce, patriarch emeritus of Venice, Italy, on 12 May at the age of 88.

– Bishop Ruben T. Profugo, emeritus of Lucena, Philippines, on 12 May at the age of 76.

– Archbishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R, emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on 3 May at the age of 88.

– Archbishop Eurico Dias Nogueira, emeritus of Braga, Portugal on 19 May, at the age of 91.

– Bishop Paul-Emile Charbonneau, emeritus of Hull, Quebec, Canada, on 21 May, at the age of 92.

– Bishop Elmer Osmar Ramon Miani, emeritus of Catamarca, Argentina, on 25 May at the age of 81.

– Bishop Heinrich Fasching, auxiliary emeritus of Sankt Polten, Austria, on 1 June at the age of 85.

– Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, prefect emeritus of the Congregqation for the Oriental Churches , of India, on 2 June at the age of 90.

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