Revered Italian missionary dies of Covid-19 in Lahore after serving Pakistan for 6 decades - Pakistan

Father Aldino Amato at Our Lady of Mercy parish house in Okara in December 2017. — Photo courtesy: Kamran Chaudhry/UCA News
Aldino Amato, a respected Italian-born Dominican priest, died after contracting the coronavirus at a hospital in Lahore, the
UCA News (Union of Catholic Asian News) portal reported on Monday.
The 90-year-old priest was laid to rest in a grave he built for himself in the compound of Our Lady of Mercy parish house in Punjab's Okara 6 Chak village.
An education and development pioneer, Amato served Pakistan for nearly six decades.
Amato, the last foreign missionary of the Faisalabad Diocese, passed away on May 1 in Lahore, where he was put on a ventilator for 10 days after testing positive for Covid-19.

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