Archbishop of Chattogram Moses Costa passes away
Moses M Costa, CSC, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chattogram, passed away yesterday morning. He died at 9:20am due to a massive stroke while being treated at Square Hospitals Ltd in the capital, said Fr Leonard Rebeiro, vicar general of Chattogram.
He was 69 years old.
He was admitted to the hospital on June 13 with severe pneumonia, Rebeiro also said. Costa, who has been the archbishop of Chattogram since 2011, hailed from Tumilia of Gazipur.
His body is being kept in Tejgaon for people to pay tributes, then it will be taken to his village in Gazipur, Rebeiro said.The archbishop will be taken to Chattogram and kept in Patharghata Catholic Church from 7am to 2pm today for people to pay their final respects.
The burial will be held on the church premises around 3:30pm, added the vicar general of Chattogram.
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