05 May 2024  |   07:32am IST

Goan bishop Anthony Rebello passes away in Botswana

Goan bishop Anthony Rebello  passes away in Botswana

Team Herald

MARGAO: Bishop Anthony Pascal Rebello of the diocese of Francistown, Botswanaca, Africa passed away on Saturday. Bishaop Anthony hailed from Fatorda, Margao, and was Goa’s first Divine Word missionary priest (of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) a). According to reports, he collapsed suddenly during Mass, and was pronounced dead in hospital. He was 74 years old.

After he was ordained a priest in Goa in the 1070’s, Bishop Anthony seraved as a missionary priest in several Africana countries including Antigua, Angola and Kenya, and was appointed as Bishop of Francistown by Pope Francis in 2021.

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