PANAJI: Fr Nascimento J Mascarenhas , 77, an avid researcher of Church history, died at the priests' residence at Holy Spirit Church , Margao, on Sunday. He was bestowed a state award for literature.His remains will be kept at Holy Spirit Church on Tuesday at 11am, and will be moved for Saligao at 1.30pm, for a funeral service at 4pm. He also presented the profiles of diocesan clergy from the talukas of Bardez and Ilhas (Tiswadi) in two parts of Unum Presbyterium(One Priesthood). A diabetic, he was bedridden for around a month before his death.Mascarenhas was a researcher, historian and author of over 10 books, and documented priests from Goa Archdiocese living in Portugal . He was racing against time trying to finish one of his final projects on the diocesan priests from Salcete.The youngest of five brothers from Saligao , Mascarenhas was ordained a priest on April 26, 1940, and served in his vocation for close to five decades, assisting parishes in Margao, Vasco and Rachol, among others.
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