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Panaji: Pitaji Vasco do Rego SJ remembered as Crusader of Konkani Thu, Feb 18 2021 01:10:15 PM Media Release Panaji, Feb 18: It is a Herculean task to write the obituary of a multifaceted and multitalented personality like that of Fr Vasco do Rego, SJ, a Jesuit priest of Goa province. He was fondly known as 'Pitaji' (means father) among his friends and followers. He was born on January 8, 1925 at Panaji, Goa. His parents were Antonio Augusto do Rego and Aurora Maria Helena Correia Afonso do Rego. His father was a known doctor. He was the grandson of Roque and Claudina Correia Afonso, a couple from Benaulim who had seven priests among their 52 grandchildren. Fr Renato do Rego of the Goa archdiocese was his brother.