Thousands of people attended the April 23 funeral service of an arch- bishop highly regarded for his work among indigenous communities in central India.
At least 5,000 people attended the funeral for Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara of Nagpur at Francis de Sales Cathedral in the city of Nagpur in western Maharashtra State on April 23. Abp Viruthakulangara died of a cardiac arrest while asleep on April 19. He was in New Delhi at the time to attend a meeting of regional bishops. He was 74 years of age.
