AMERICA/HONDURAS - First Bishop of Trujillo dies in tragic car accident, funeral tomorrow June 25

Thursday, 24 June 2004

Trujillo (Fides Service) - Bishop Virgilio López Irías, O.F.M., appointed first Bishop of Trujillo Honduras in 1987, was killed in a car accident on June 22. Virgilio López Irías was born in La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula diocese on 29 September 1937, and ordained a priest on 14 July 1973. On July 3 1987, when Pope John Paul II created the new diocese of Trujillo, he appointed Virgilio López Irías first Bishop of Trujillo. The new Bishop was ordained on 7 October that same year. The funeral of Bishop Virgilio López Irías will be held in Trujillo on 25 June. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 24/6/2004; Righe 6; Parole 83)


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