Saturday, August 28, 2010

[ZESTCaste] First Dalit Archbishop Marampudi Joji of Hydearbad Passes Away

 

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=84288

Saturday, August 28, 2010 8:47:23 AM (IST)

First Dalit Archbishop Marampudi Joji of Hyderabad Passes Away

The Hindu

Hyderabad, Aug 28: The Archbishop of Hyderabad and a popular Christian
leader, Marampudi Joji, passed away around 6 pm on Friday following a
heart attack in his personal chamber in the Bishop's House at
Secunderabad.

His personal aides and a few priests present in the house, to their
shock, found him dead in his chair. He was 68. Rev. Joji, a hallmark
of piety and social service to the poor wherever he worked, leaves
behind thousands of admirers all over the State and a large
congregation.

His body will be laid to rest in the cemetery at the foot of St Mary's
shrine at Gunadala in Vijayawada around 3 pm on Monday as per his wish
indicated in a document. This cemetery is the resting place of several
early Italian missionaries who worked in this part of the globe.

A spokesman of the Bishop's House said the body would be kept at St
Mary's Church, Secunderabad, throughout Saturday and partially on
Sunday to enable people pay their respects to him before being shifted
to Vijayawada for the funeral. Soon after hearing the news, a large
number of people thronged the house for the last glimpse.

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