Fr Bingham dies at 86
SIBU - Catholics in the central region of Sarawak are mourning the loss of one of their longest-serving priests, Father David Bingham, who passed away peacefully on 27 Jan 2018 in England. He was 86. News of his passing was…
AsiaNews founder Fr Piero Gheddo dies at 89
MILAN – AsiaNews founder, Father Piero Gheddo, 89, died on 20 Dec 2017 at the Ambrosiana Nursing Home, Cesano Boscone, near here. Born in 1929 in Tronzano Vercellese Italy, he entered the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in 1945…
Filipino Cardinal Vidal dead at 86
CEBU, Philippines - Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, the retired Archbishop of Cebu, died on 18 October 2017 at the age of 86. He had been hospitalised last week after he collapsed, suffering from pneumonia. Ordained in 1956 as a priest of…
Franciscan Sr Alphonsus Low called to eternal life
KOTA KINABALU - Sister Alphonsus Low of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (FSIC) was called to eternal life on 26 Sept 2017, a few days short of her 79th birthday. She was admitted to KPJ on Monday Sept…
Msgr Anthony Thomas of KL called to eternal life
KUALA LUMPUR - Msgr Anthony Thomas of Kuala Lumpur had been called to eternal life on 24 Sept 2017. In a chancery notice ref (chan/MC/02/2017) dated Sept 24, it said that Msgr Thomas, 80, died peacefully on Sunday at 2:30…
Fr Fundes called to eternal life
PENAMPANG - Father Fundes Motiung was called to eternal life on 4 Sept 2017. He was the first of Sabah's seven priests from the Neocatechumenal community to return to the Father. He was 52. Born on 19 Nov 1965 in…
Infant Jesus Sister Eugenie called to eternal life
KOTA KINABALU - Infant Jesus Sister Eugenie Fernandez was called to eternal life on 20 June 2017 in Cheras Kuala Lumpur. She was 73. The funeral will be held on Friday June 23 at 10 am at Cheras Convent, Kuala…
Herald Malaysia loses its first stringer
MALACCA - Percy D’Cruz, HERALD’s first stringer and a long-serving stringer of The Star’s Malacca bureau, passed away on 9 March 2017. Percy, 69, is believed to have been electrocuted at his home at Banda Hilir on Thursday evening. Theresa…
Franciscan Sister Diana succumbs to cancer
PENAMPANG - Franciscan Sister Diana Eing succumbed to cancer on 7 March 2017 at a local hospital here. She would have been 51 on Apr 2. Born in Kg Talantang Kiulu in 1966, she joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate…
Sabah’s last Mill Hill Missionary dies at 87
KOTA KINABALU - Sabah's last Mill Hill Missionary died at 87 on 13 Feb 2017 in Oosterbeek, Holland. He had spent over 60 years of his life in Sabah. Born in Tilburg, Holland, on 9 October 1929, Martien (Martin) Snoeren…