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4 unusual facts about Agnelo de Souza


Agnelo de Souza

After much prayer and reflection, de Souza joined the Diocesan Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier of Pilar on 17 July 1897.

Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza, S.F.X. ( 21 January 1869 - 20 November 1927), was a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in the province of Goa, then part of Portuguese India.

Agnelo's Novena Masses were held from the 11th to the 19th November, at the adr besides the Pilar Saibinnichi Igorz (Our Lady of Pilar), at Pilar, Goa.

Fr. Agnel School, New Delhi

The school is named after Fr. Agnelo de Souza (1869 - 1927), a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in Goa.


Bardez

Among Goan Catholics, it is famous as the birthplace of Venerable Fr. Agnelo, one of the two most prominent Goan saints, the other being Blessed Joseph Vaz, the "Apostle of Sri Lanka".


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