Cubao diocese loses 2 priests in one day
MANILA, Philippines — September 11 might have a different meaning in the Diocese of Cubao, as it was a day when they lost two of their priests.
The diocese announced that Fr. Michael James Ty, 54, died at about 3 p.m. on Friday.
Minutes later, the diocese issued another statement saying Fr. Edward Anthony Cometa, 35, had also died.
Both priests died at the same hospital, but the diocese has not disclosed the causes of their deaths.
“A day of mourning for the Diocese of Cubao. In life and in death, God calls two by two,” Cubao Bishop Elias Ayuban Jr. said in a social media post.
The diocese described the two priests as brothers in ministry and asked clergy and the faithful to pray for them and their families.
It said details of their wake, funeral rite and burial would be announced once arrangements are finalized.
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