Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Armando Bortolaso, Italian-born Syrian Roman Catholic prelate, Died at 92

Armando Bortolaso was born on August 17, 1926 in Italy and died on January 8, 2019.

He was an Italian Roman catholic titular bishop.

Bortolaso was ordained to the priesthood in 1953.

Bortolaso served as titular bishop of Rapahamae and was bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo, Syria, fom 1992 to 2002.

Bortolaso passed away at 92 years old.

José Belvino do Nascimento, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Died at 86

José Belvino do Nascimento was born on December 29, 1932 and died on January 8, 2019.

He was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.

He was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood during 1956.

Belvino do Nascimento was appointed as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itumbiara, Brazil, from 1981 to 1987.

He then served as coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Patos de Minas, Brazil, from 1987 to 1989.

Then he served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Divinópolis , Brazil, from 1989 to 2009.

José Belvino do Nascimento passed away at 86 years old.

Óscar González Quevedo, Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest and parapsychologist, Died at 88

Father Óscar González Quevedo was born on December 15, 1930, in Madrid and died on January 9, 2019.

He was a Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest.

Quevedo was an investigator in the field of parapsychology.

Quevedo was the Founder and Director of the Latin American Center of Parapsychology, located in São Paulo, Brazil, where he worked on a daily basis, except while traveling domestically or throughout the world, teaching and conducting all sort of conferences and workshops on parapsychology.

He read Latin, Greek, Hebrew, English, French and Italian, besides being fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Óscar González Quevedo passed away at 88 years old.

Joseph Lawson Howze, American Roman Catholic prelate, Died at 95

Joseph Lawson E. Howze was born on August 30, 1923, in Daphne, Alabama and died on January 9, 2019.

He was an African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Howze was appointed as the first Bishop of Biloxi from 1977 to 2001.

Following his expression an interest in the Priesthood, he was accepted to study for the priesthood at Christ the King Seminary at St. Bonaventure University in New York (receiving his Doctor of Divinity in 1959), and was ordained for the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 7, 1959.

Howze served as a pastor in Asheville.

He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, and Titular Bishop of Maxita by Pope Paul VI, on November 8, 1972.

Joseph Lawson Howze pased away at 95 years old.

Anatoly Lukyanov, Soviet-born Russian politician, Died at 88

Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov was born on May 7, 1930 and died on January 9, 2019.

He was a Russian Communist legislator.

He serve as the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR between March 15, 1990 and 22 August 1991.

He was the writer of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in 1993, he is portrayed by its pioneer Gennady Zyuganov as the "Deng Xiaoping" of the party. Lukyanov distributed books of verse under his very own name and under the pen names (Осенев) and Dneprov (Днепров).

He was an early political partner of Mikhail Gorbachev, supporting his endeavors in issues, for example, the battle against defilement and the beginning of changes in the economy; in any case, starting in 1987-88, he progressively identified with the gathering foundation, accurately predicting that Gorbachev's approaches released powers that would annihilate the USSR.

Lukyanov passed away at 88 years old.

Paolo Paoloni, Italian actor, Died at 89

Paolo Paoloni was born on July 24, 1929, and died on January 7, 2019.

He was an Italian actor.

He was a close friend of director Luciano Salce.

He was best known for portraying the role of the Galactic Mega-director in the Fantozzi film saga.

He was popular for taking part to several comedies.

He participated in some horror films such as Cannibal Holocaust.

He lost his voice due to a vocal cord disease.

Paolo Paoloni passed away at 89 years old.

Jocelyne Saab, Lebanese journalist and film director, Died at 70

Jocelyne Saab was born on April 30, 1948 in Beirut, Lebanon, and died on January 7, 2019.

She was a journalist and film director from Lebanon.

Sabb is recognized as one of the pioneers of Lebanese cinema and "one of the country's most daring filmmakers".

Following the civil war, she continued to make a number of films, in both documentary and fiction.

Jocelyne Saab passed at 70 years old.