With great sorrow, We write to inform you that 2 Comboni Missionaries died on Wednesday morning (4/11/2020) at Lacor Hospital due to the effect of COVID-19.
They are:
1. Bro Benito Ricci, MCCJ,[photo attached] former Diocesan Treasurer for the Archdiocese of Gulu and was resident at Layibi Community.
2. Fr. Jesus Aranda Nava mccj, was working in Palorinya Refugee Camp.
Brother BENITO RICCI & Father JESUS ARANDA NAVA will be laid to rest tomorrow, Friday 06.11.2020, beginning with MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL at 10:00 am in St. Joseph’s Cathedral.
Standard Operating Procedures a MUST for ALL in attendance. 70 people are the expected number of those to join the main celebrant in the Cathedral.
May God reward them with Eternal Life in return for their Missionary Witness among the people they served with love.
Msgr. Matthew Odong
Vicar General
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