Obituaries

Bishop Balaswamy dies following amputation
Retired Bishop Pudota Chinnaiah Balaswamy, who said his physical sufferings of amputation and kidney failure made him closer to God, died Sept. 24. The former bishop of Nellore diocese in Andhra
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Church mourns India’s first dalit prelate
Church and political leaders were among the more than 20,000 mourners at the funeral of India’s first dalit bishop on Aug. 18 in Andhra Pradesh state. Bishop John Mulagada of Eluru died on Aug.
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Church mourns Jesuit village reformer
Church people and social workers in India are mourning the death of a Belgian Jesuit missioner who used Gandhian methods to revolutionize village life in India. Father Michael Anthony Windey,
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Church mourns layman who helped missions
The Church in India is mourning the death of a layman, who, along with some priests, founded what has been billed as Asia’s largest lay organization. Pallattukunnel Chemmalamattom Abraham, also
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