Fr. Alexander Lobo passes away

Vartha Bharati | 24-07-2018 | 22:42:00 IST

Mangaluru, July 24: Mangaluru Diocese priest Fr. Alexander Lobo passed away here on Monday. He was 85. His funeral will be held at Valencia Church on Wednesday at 3.30 pm.

He was born in Barebail, now in Derebail Parish in the city on December 12, 1933 to Marian Lobo and Piad Lobo. He had his early education at Bejai School and high school at Padua school. Later, he joined Jeppu Seminary for priest education. After his B Sc and B Ed, he was ordained on March 2, 1959. Much after this, he had got his MA from Karnataka University of Dharwad.

He has served as an assistant Parish Priest at Milagres Parish, Kallianpur and then at Puttur as Warden of St. Philomena Educational Institutions. He also served as assistant Parish Priest and Headmaster of the High School at Kundapur for seven years. He started the high school and junior college in the city. He also served at Rosario high school for nine years.

Considering his service and contribution to the education, the Karnataka government had given him the ‘best state level teacher award’ in 1990. From 2003 to his retirement, Fr Lobo served as the Parish Priest of St. John the Evangelist Church of Shankerpura.

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Three devotees sustain injuries as thousands throng to Deviramma temple in Chikkamagaluru

01-11-2024 ¦ 01-11-2024 IST

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Nov 1: Three people sustained minor injuries as they fell down due to the slippery route because of rain when they were on the way to Deviramma hill temple here, a police officer said on Friday.

All three of them sustained minor injuries and were discharged after first aid, Vikram Amathe, Superintendent of Police (Chikkamagaluru) told PTI.

According to him, a large number of people climbed up the hill shrine to have darshan of the Goddess.

"Because of rain, the route has become slippery. Only three people were injured as they slipped while climbing," Amathe said.

The injured were immediately shifted via ambulance and given necessary first-aid, he said.

Also, two women had fallen unconscious because of fasting on October 30, he clarified.

According to him, the 24-hour darshan started on October 30 and went on till early morning of October 31.

In view of the crowd, adequate security arrangements were made along the route, police said.

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