Ubhishophu waseVenezuela, 69, usweleke kwi-COVID-19

INkomfa yoBhishophu baseVenezuela (i-CEV) ibhengeze kusasa ngoLwesihlanu ukuba ubishophu oneminyaka engama-69 waseTrujillo, uCástor Oswaldo Azuaje, usweleke kwi-COVID-19.

Abefundisi abaliqela kwilizwe lonke babhubhe nge-COVID-19 okoko ubhubhane wafikayo elizweni, kodwa uAzuaje ngumbhishophu wokuqala waseVenezuela ukusweleka ngenxa yesi sifo.

UAzuaje wazalelwa eMaracaibo, eVenezuela, ngo-Okthobha u-19, 1951. Wajoyina amaKarmeli kwaye walugqiba uqeqesho lwakhe eSpain, Israel naseRoma. Uzibize ngokuba nguKarmele okhutshiwe ngo-1974 kwaye wonyuselwa ubufundisi ngomhla weKrisimesi ngo-1975 eVenezuela.

U-Azuaje uthathe uxanduva lobunkokeli obahlukeneyo kwi-Order yakhe yezenkolo.

Ngo-2007 wonyulwa njengo-Bhishophu oNcedisayo we-Archdiocese yaseMaracaibo kwaye ngo-2012 uPopu Benedict XVI wammisela njengo-Bhishophu wase-Trujillo.

"Uobhishophu waseVenezuela ujoyine usizi lokusweleka komninawa wethu kubuphathiswa bezobuphathiswa, sihlala kubudlelane nethemba lobuKristu kwisithembiso sovuko lweNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu," itsho ingxelo emfutshane.

IVenezuela ineebhishophu ezingama-42 ezisebenzayo.