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Kenya: Veteran priest dies in hospital at the age of 102

His Eminence Cardinal John NJue, Bishops Emeritus Colin Davies and Cornelius Schilder have sent their condolences to the Fatima group and the faithful of The Catholic Diocese of Ngong who are mourning the death of a Fidei Donum Missionary from Italy, reports CISA.

Fr. Domenico Pozzi died at a Nairobi Hospital on Friday, October 30 following a long illness.

Fr. Francis Mwangi, Vicar General of the Diocese said, “The late priest has been sick for the last 20 years. He loved the people of Kenya and especially those learning at Ongata Rongai.”

Fr. Pozzi died at the age of 102.

He was born on July 1908 in Cortemaggiore, in the diocese of Picenza in Italy. He came to Ngong Diocese in 1977.

“Fr. Domenico and his group have done a lot of good work at Ongata Rongai parish and Lengisem,” Fr Mwangi said.

He was part of the team that founded the Fatima Maternity Hospital in Ongata Rongai and the Fatima Health Centre in Lengisem.

The requiem mass will be held at the Evangelising Sisters of Mary Convent Church at Ongata Rongai on Saturday November 7, 2009 at 10.00am.

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[11/04/2009]

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