Necrologium

When a missionary dies, we should celebrate the last rites with devotion, fraternal love, and simplicity. We should remember all our brothers who have gone before us in the service of the Gospel, commending them to the Lord with the prescribed prayers, especially in the celebration of the Eucharist.

We should show the same reverence and respect for our departed parents and for deceased collaborators of the Congregation.

(Constitution 19)

IN MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY DEPARTED BROTHERS:

FR. ABRAHAM VALIYAKANDAM CMF

He passed away on March 8, 2019 in Kumbakonam, India.

He was 68 years old.

And he belonged to the Province of Chennai.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

Fr. Carlos Cesar Castillo Carballo, CMF

died at 84 on March 2, 2019 while in hospice care at St. John of God Retirement Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. He belonged to the Province of USA-Canada.

FR. RAFAEL BELTRÁN PAGÁN CMF

He passed away on February 28, 2019 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

He was 73 years old.

And he belonged to the Delegation of Antillas.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

FR. MIGUEL ÁNGEL NIETO BERNAL CMF

He passed away on February 19, 2019 in Morelia, Mexico.

He was 74 years old.

And he belonged to the Province of Mexico.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

FR. SANTHANASAMY RAJENDRAN CMF

He passed away on February 11, 2019 in Madurai, India.

He was 61 years old.

And he belonged to the Province of Chennai.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

FR. JESÚS HINOJAL DE LA PARTE CMF

He passed away on February 5, 2019 in León, Spain.

He was 87 years old.

And he belonged to the Province of Santiago.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

FR. CLAUDIO ORDÓÑEZ DOMÍNGUEZ CMF

He passed away on January 30, 2019 in Granada, Spain.

He was 86 years old.

And he belonged to the Province of Fatima.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

FR. ARNOLD JOHN GONZALEZ CMF

He passed away on January 26, 2019 in San Gabriel, California, USA.

He was 87 years old.

And he belonged to the Province of USA – Canada.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

FR. DONALD ROBERT LAVELLE DOLD CMF

He passed away on January 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

He was 97 years old.

And he belonged to the Province of USA – Canada.

Rest in the Peace of the Lord.

Fernando Cardinal Sebastian Aguilar, CMF Dies at 89

Málaga, Spain. Fernando Cardinal Sebastián Aguilar, CMF died today, 24 January 2019 at the age of 89.

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, born in Calatayud in 1929, joined the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1945 and was ordained priest in 1953. He studied theology in Rome and Louvain, obtaining a doctorate in 1955. From 1956 to 1979 he focused his activity in the study and teaching of Dogmatic Theology, first in the Centers of the Claretian Congregation, and from 1967 at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of Salamanca, where he was Dean and Rector of the University from 1971 to 1979. He was consecrated Bishop of León in September 1979. In 1982 he was elected General Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Spain and served until 1988. In April of the same year he was named Archbishop Coadjutor of Granada. He became the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Malaga from 1991 to 1993. In 1993 he was appointed Archbishop of Pamplona and Bishop of Tudela and became an Emeritus of the same in July 2007. He had been Vice President of the Episcopal Conference between 1993 and 1999 and reelected for the period of 2002-2005. He participated in six Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops. In 2001, the Pontifical University of Salamanca presented him with a Gold Medal in recognition of his services as Professor, Dean, Rector and Grand Chancellor. Pope Francis created him a cardinal on 22 February 2014.