The death of Father Francisco Voskuil, sscc, was announced on the morning of Saturday, April 11, by the Dutch priests of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. The priest was hospitalized in Breda Hospital, in the Netherlands, where he lived with other brothers of the Congregation.<\/p>\n
Father Francisco was 92 years old and served as a missionary of the Sacred Hearts in Brazil for approximately 60 years. Also known as Father Vitorino, he served in the cities of Po\u00e1 and Pindamonhangaba in S\u00e3o Paulo state and in the municipalities of Belo Horizonte, Araguari, Patroc\u00ednio, and Governador Valadares in Minas Gerais state, where he worked for almost 30 years at the Cathedral of Saint Anthony.<\/p>\n
The priest, who would have celebrated 70 years of religious service in September of this year, resided in a community of nine older priests in a region of the Netherlands that has been heavily affected by the Coronavirus. This is the fifth death among priests in just over 30 days.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A morte do padre Francisco Voskuil, sscc, foi comunicada na manh\u00e3 deste s\u00e1bado, 11 de abril, pelos padres holandeses da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o dos Sagrados Cora\u00e7\u00f5es. O sacerdote estava internado no Hospital de Breda, na Holanda, onde morava com outros irm\u00e3os de Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o. Padre Francisco tinha 92 anos e chegou a exercer seu minist\u00e9rio sacerdotal como mission\u00e1rio dos Sagrados Cora\u00e7\u00f5es no Brasil por aproximadamente 60 anos. Conhecido tamb\u00e9m como Padre Vitorino, passou pelas cidades paulistas de Po\u00e1 e Pindamonhangaba e pelos munic\u00edpios mineiros de Belo Horizonte, Araguari, Patroc\u00ednio e Governador Valadares, cidade onde atuou por quase 30 anos na Catedral de Santo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n