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Coadjutor Archbishop Abel Gabuza of Durban (Photo courtesy of Vatican News)
Coadjutor Archbishop Abel Gabuza of Durban died Sunday morning after a battle with COVID-19. He would have been 66 years old on March 23. It is with the greatest sorrow that we announce the death of our Coadjutor Archbishop, Abel Gabuza, Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM, the Archbishop of Durban, said while announcing his coadjutor s death. The archbishop had not been with us in Durban long just short of two years but in that time we came to recognize him as a gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor, said Cardinal Napier.
South Africa’s Archbishop Gabuza is dead.
The Church in Africa has lost yet another of its Shepherds. Coadjutor Archbishop Abel Gabuza of the Archdiocese of Durban passed on Sunday morning after a battle with COVID-19.
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South Africa’s Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM, the Archbishop of Durban, has announced his Coadjutor’s death, Archbishop Abel Gabuza.
A tremendous loss to the Church
“It is with the greatest sorrow that we announce the death of our Coadjutor Archbishop, Abel Gabuza,” Cardinal Napier said. Archbishop Gabuza died at Hillcrest Hospital at 11.45 on Sunday morning, said the Cardinal. He added, “The Archbishop had not been with us in Durban long -just short of two years- but in that time we came to recognise him as a gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor. Through his gentleness, caring and warmth, he made an immediate impact on everyone who was privileged to make his acquaintance. That’s an added reason why his passing is