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image captionEstrella Catalan had worked at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for 18 years
A funeral procession for a nurse who died with Covid-19 passed the hospital where she had worked and died, for a final goodbye from colleagues.
Estrella Catalan had been receiving treatment at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) when she died on 5 February, aged 52.
A funeral mass was held at St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich on Friday, following an all-night prayer vigil.
Canon David Paul, Cathedral Dean, said: She was always smiling, always kind.
image captionEstrella Catalan was a dedicated nurse
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The funeral of nurse Estrella Catalan at St John s Roman Catholic Cathedral.
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Tributes were paid to a kind and generous Norwich nurse who died with coronavirus as a Roman Catholic service took place.
A Requiem Mass was held at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist on Friday afternoon following the death of Estrella Catalan at the age of 52.
With a strict limit of 30 people in the assembly, prayers and family tributes were read out for the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital nurse, in addition to the Holy Communion.
The funeral of nurse Estrella Catalan at St John s Roman Catholic Cathedral.
Vigil for nurse Estrella at St John’s Cathedral An all-night prayer vigil and Mass is taking place at St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich tonight for city nurse, mother and Cathedral steward Estrella Catalan, who died on February 5 at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital where she worked, after a month-long battle against Covid-19. Keith Morris reports. Estrella’s funeral requiem Mass will take place on Friday (March 5) at noon and is for family and close friends only with a 30-person limit in place. Bishop Alan Hopes will celebrate the Mass and the homily will be given by Cathedral Dean, Canon David Paul.
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