Max Gassis News Today

The idea of a bishop in exile is hardly a novelty.

Northern-born, Bishop Gassis made dangerous trips into the Nuba Mountains and became a globe-trotter on behalf of the suffering people there.

Bishop Gassis (website) governed the Diocese of El Obeid (Sudan), first as apostolic administrator and then as bishop, from 1983 to 2013.

As the faithful of the larger Catholic Church in Sudan and South Sudan come to terms with the news of the death of Bishop Macram Max Gassis M.C.C.I., emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of El Obeid, many eulogize the prelate as a great human rights defender and an erudite administrator.

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