Balsamão, Portugal
April 5, 2016
Portugal: Fr. Jorge Predko, MIC, passed away
Rome, April 5th, 2016
With great sorrow, we notify our Confreres of the death on April 4th, 2016, of
Father Jorge Predko, M.I.C.,
a member of the Portugal Vicariate,
a resident of the religious house in Fatima.
The Funeral rites will take place at the Shrine of the Virgin Mary in Balsamao on Thusday, April 5th: at 3:00 PM Holy Mass will be celebrated followed by the funeral rites in the cemetery in Balsmao.
We commend our Departed Confrere to God’s mercy. May the good Lord grant him eternal rest.
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