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Covid kills three Indonesian priests, infects archbishop
Merauke prelate and 28 nuns test positive as the number of cases nationwide passes 1 million
Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Merauke, seen here in a 2018 image, was infected with Covid-19 on Jan. 29, the day before he was due to preside over the ordination of deacons and priests in Amboina Diocese. (Photo: Katharina R. Lestari/UCA News)
Three Divine Word (SVD) priests in Indonesia have died of Covid-19 in the last four days, while an archbishop and dozens of nuns at a convent have been infected as cases across the country surpassed one million.
Father Jusuf Halim, 65, died on Jan. 29 at a hospital in the Tangerang suburb of Jakarta, according to Father Gregorius Genane Kaha, SVD provincial in Java.