Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Aug 22: Senior priest Fr Mathias Pereira passed away on Thursday, August 22.
He was 78.
Fr Mathias Pereira was the last son among eleven children of late Magdalene D’Souza and Jacob Pereira of Ramasamudra near Karkala in Miyar parish.
Fr Mathias served first as assistant priest at Valencia from April 20 in 1971. He was ordained on December 31 in 1970.
He had served as parish priest in Pavur, Arva, Paladka, Balki (in Bidar dioecese), Mulky. Bajpe and Mogarnad. He also served in Vamanjoor and Angelore and Olavinahalli in other capacities and also as director of Bethor-Gurpur Agricultural School.
Since 2016, he resided at Senior Priest’s Home, Jeppu in city.
Funeral will be held on August 23 at Valencia Church at 3.30 pm.