The Vicar General of the Diocese of Francistown announced on Tuesday that the funeral Mass of Bishop Anthony Pascal Rebello SVD will be celebrated in Francistown Old Stadium on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
Bishop Rebello SVD will be buried within the premises of Our Lady of the Desert Cathedral.
The passing of Bishop Rebello SVD, at the age of 74, was announced in Francistown Diocese on May 4. The evening Holy Mass will be held in the Our Lady of the Desert Cathedral on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
In a communiqué on the morning of May 4, Very Rev Fr Dr Gabriel Phenyo Gaie said Bishop Rebello’s sudden death was “unexpected. He hadn’t been sick nor complained about anything amiss, health-wise.”
Born on 18 March 1950 in Nairobi, Kenya, the member of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) who hails from Fatorda, Goa, entered the Society of the Divine Word in 1969 and completed his novitiate in Khurda, Madhya Pradesh, India. He was ordained a priest in Goa on May 10, 1977.
On July 5, 2021, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Anthony Rebello, as the Local Ordinary of Botswana’s Diocese of Francistown. Before becoming Bishop of Francistown, he served as parish priest of the Holy Cross Mogoditshane Parish of Gaborone Diocese in Botswana.
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