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6 June 2021, Don Bosco Provincial House, Hyderabad: The Salesian Province of St Joseph, Hyderabad lost Fr Joseph Abraham, a great missionary and evangelizer on June 6, 2021 at 3.05 am, at Vijay Marie Hospital, Hyderabad. He was 59 years old. He died of cardiac arrest as he was recovering from liver transplantation.
He had an ardent desire to preach Christ in mission areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and reached out to many people bringing them to God. He was successful in his mission for over 3 decades he dedicated himself relentlessly to preach Christ in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh from 1991 to 2021 at Patsala Tadiparru, Wyra, Raptadu, and Mariapuram at various intervals. He suffered from different ailments and fought for life till the end. The major challenge was the transplantation of his liver. He had undergone a liver transplant in December 2020. He had to be hospitalized at regular intervals due to infection and other complications. Finally, he was not responding to any medication, and he breathed his last on 6 June. It is fitting that he breathed his last on the solemnity of Body and Blood of Jesus Christ who always longed to receive the Holy Communion without fail even on hospital bed.
Curriculum Vitae
Date of Birth: 10/11/1962, Kozhuvanal-Kottayam
First Profession: 24/05/1981, Kotagiri
Perpetual Profession: 04/06/1987, Vaduthala, Cochin
Priestly Ordination: 26/12/1990, Kozhuvanal, Palai Diocese
