In Memoriam

18-November-2008 -- Vatican Information Service

VATICAN CITY, 18 NOV 2008 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:

- Bishop Jose Bezerra Coutinho, emeritus of Estancia, Brazil, on 7 November at the age of 98.

- Bishop Sofron Dmyterko O.S.B.M., emeritus of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on 5 November at the age of 91.

- Bishop Carmelo Echenagusia Uribe, auxiliary of Bilbao, Spain, on 6 November at the age of 76.

- Michael Ugwu Eneja, emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria, on 14 November at the age of 89.

- Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini, emeritus of Como, Italy, on 11 November at the age of 77.

- Bishop Vladas Michelevicius, former auxiliary of Kaunas, Lithuania, on 12 November at the age of 84.

- Bishop Marian Kazimierz Zimalek, former auxiliary of Sandomierz, Poland, on 12 November at the age of 77.