Umbhishobhi waseVenezuela, 69, ushone nge-COVID-19

Ingqungquthela Yababhishobhi BaseVenezuela (CEV) imemezele ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni ukuthi umbhishobhi oneminyaka engu-69 ubudala waseTrujillo, uCástor Oswaldo Azuaje, udlule emhlabeni ngenxa ye-COVID-19.

Abefundisi abaningana ezweni lonke babulawe yi-COVID-19 selokhu ubhadane lwafika ezweni, kodwa u-Azuaje ungumbhishobhi wokuqala waseVenezuela owabulawa yilesi sifo.

U-Azuaje wazalelwa eMaracaibo, eVenezuela, ngo-Okthoba 19, 1951. Wajoyina amaKarmeli futhi waphothula ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe eSpain, Israel naseRoma. Wazibiza ngeCarmelite elahliwe ngo-1974 futhi wagcotshwa njengomfundisi ngosuku lukaKhisimusi ngo-1975 eVenezuela.

U-Azuaje uthathe izibopho ezahlukahlukene zobuholi ngaphakathi kwe-Order yakhe yezenkolo.

Ngo-2007 waqokwa njengoMbhishobhi osizayo we-Archdiocese yaseMaracaibo kwathi ngo-2012 uPapa Benedict XVI wamqoka njengoMbhishobhi waseTrujillo.

"Umbhishobhi waseVenezuela ujoyina usizi lokushona komfowethu enkonzweni yezobubishophu, sihlala sihlangene nethemba lobuKristu esithembisweni sokuvuka kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu," kusho isitatimende esifushane.

IVenezuela inababhishobhi abasebenzayo abangama-42.