Pope Francis: Telegram on the death of Cardinal Ivan
Dias
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Ivan Cornelius Dias, Prefect
Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Archbishop
Emeritus of Bombay in India, died in Rome on Monday at the age of 81.
On Tuesday, Pope Francis sent a telegram expressing his
condolences to Francis Dias, the brother of the late Cardinal:
To Mr Francis Dias
Deeply saddened to learn of the death of your dear brother,
I offer heartfelt condolences to you and the Dias family. I recall with
gratitude the late Cardinal’s years of faithful service to the Apostolic See,
especially his contribution to the spiritual and physical reconstruction of the
suffering Church in Albania and the missionary zeal demonstrated in his work as
Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. I likewise
unite my prayers to those of the faithful of the Archdiocese of Bombay, where
the pastoral concern and broad apostolic vision that marked his service as
Archbishop are fondly remembered. In union of prayer with all who mourn
his passing in the sure hope of the Resurrection, I commend the soul of this
wise and gentle pastor to the merciful love of God our heavenly Father and
cordially impart my Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of consolation and peace in
the Lord.
FRANCISCUS PP.
Cardinal Dias was born on 14 April 1936 in Mumbai, India. He
was ordained for the Archdiocese of Bombay on 8 December 1958 and held a
doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University.
He entered the Holy See’s diplomatic service in 1964 and was
posted to the Nordic countries, Indonesia, Madagascar, La Réunion, the
Comorros, Mauritius and the Secretariat of State.
Cardinal Dias served as Prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelization of Peoples and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbanian
University from 2006 until 2011.
With his death, the College of Cardinals numbers 220, of
whom 116 are Cardinal-electors.
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