Nuns seek sainthood for second native Indonesian bishop
Divine Word Archbishop Gabriel Manek founded the Daughters of the Rosary Queen congregation
Members of Monsignor Gabriel Manek’s Friends distribute aid to poor people in Timor-Leste. (Photo courtesy of Monsignor Gabriel Manek’s Friends)
Archbishop Emeritus Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek of Ende, a city on the Catholic-majority island of Flores, died nearly 32 years ago at the age of 76. But his spirit in serving those in need remains alive among Catholics in Indonesia.
Born in August 1913 and ordained a Divine Word priest in January 1941, he became a prelate 10 years later in March 1951.
Seven years later, on Aug. 15, 1958, he and a nun from the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters founded a religious congregation called the Daughters of the Rosary Queen (PRR).