It is with a heavy heart that as IMBISA region we received yet again the death notice of the Bishop Emeritus of Uije Diocese in Angola (CEAST), Bishop Jose Francisco Moreira dos Santos O.F.M. Cap. He was born on the 12th of October 1928 at Mata Mourisca in the Diocese of Coimbra in Portugal. On January 20, 1952 at the age of 23 he was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin. Bishop Jose was appointed bishop of Carmona e Sao Salvador in Angola on the 14th of March 1967 and ordained bishop on the 30th of April 1967 at Capucins, Church Porto in the Diocese of Porto in Portugal. On the 2nd of February 2008 Bishop Jose retired as bishop of Uije Diocese in Angola at the age of 79 years. On the 16th of March 2023 he died at Dom Alexandre Hospital, Luanda in Angola. He will be buried on Friday 24 March 2023 in Angola. As a region we express our condolences to Church in Angola for such a sad loss and we continue to pray for the soul of Bishop Jose Francisco Moreira dos Santos O.F.M. Cap. to rest in the peace of Christ.
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