Khartoum Catholic Archdiocese is mourning Fr John Dingi Martino Doi who died last night at Sts Peter and Paul Parish.
Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference or SCBC Secretary General Fr Jacob Odwa Paul announced that Fr Dingi died after short illness.
The late Father was born on January 2 1945 at Khor Lulu near Bussere, Wau where he received his primary and intermediate education as a minor seminarian and attended his philosophical and theological studies at Kit, Lachor and Ggaba.
The late Archbishop Ireneo Wien Dud ordained him on March 19, 1972 in Wau Catholic Diocese, served as a assistant Parish Priest of Tonj in 1972, Parish Priest of Raja in 1975 and became a Rector of St Anthony Minor Seminary in 1976.
The late Fr Dingi attended scripture course at the Biblical Institute in Rome and in 1978 became a Vicar General of Wau and Parish Priest of Raja in1983.
In 1990 he worked as assistant Parish Priest of St Stephen Hajj Yousif in Khartoum Archdiocese.
The late served as a Secretary General of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference in1995 and was appointed Rector of St Paul National Major Seminary Theology section in 2003 while also serving as a Parish Priest of St Matthew’s Cathedral.
He was also appointed teacher of Scriptures in St Paul’s National Major Seminary Theology section in 2001.
May God rest his soul in peace.