CISA NEWS REPORT:
MPANDA, August 31, 2012 (CISA) -The Catholic Church in Tanzania is mourning the death of Bishop Pascal Kikoti of Mpanda diocese. The Bishop died at Bugando Referral Hospital in Mwanza on the night of August 28, after a short illness. He was 55.
In his message of condolence to the Tanzania Episcopal Conference President Jakaya Kikwete said, “I have been shocked and saddened by the death of Bishop William Pascal Kikoti of Mpanda Diocese… at the tender age of 55 he was just beginning his service and he was still needed.”
The Secretary General of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, AMECEA, Rev Fr Ferdinand Lugonzo has said that the death of Bishop Kikoti has not only affected the Diocese of Mpanda and the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference but AMECEA and the Universal Church as well.
Bishop Kikoti was born at Nyabula Parish in Iringa Region in 1957. He attended Peramiho Major Seminary in Songea District. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1988 in Iringa and bishop on January 24, 2001. He was the first bishop of Mpanda Diocese which split from Sumbawanga Diocese in 2000.
The late bishop will be laid to rest on Saturday September 1, at the Mpanda Cathedral.
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In his message of condolence to the Tanzania Episcopal Conference President Jakaya Kikwete said, “I have been shocked and saddened by the death of Bishop William Pascal Kikoti of Mpanda Diocese… at the tender age of 55 he was just beginning his service and he was still needed.”
The Secretary General of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, AMECEA, Rev Fr Ferdinand Lugonzo has said that the death of Bishop Kikoti has not only affected the Diocese of Mpanda and the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference but AMECEA and the Universal Church as well.
Bishop Kikoti was born at Nyabula Parish in Iringa Region in 1957. He attended Peramiho Major Seminary in Songea District. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1988 in Iringa and bishop on January 24, 2001. He was the first bishop of Mpanda Diocese which split from Sumbawanga Diocese in 2000.
The late bishop will be laid to rest on Saturday September 1, at the Mpanda Cathedral.
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