The copse of late Monsignor Mathew Samusa on Wednesday morning left St Mary Yambio Catholic Cathedral for burial at Mary Tombura Parish.
Tombura-Yambio Catholic Bishop Edwardo Hiiboro Kussala who presided over a requiem mass paid last tribute to Monsignor Samusa on Tuesday in Yambio.
He called on the faithful to pray for the soul of the late Monsignor.
Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako of Khartoum sent condolence message to the Catholic Diocese of Tombura Yambio Diocese read out by the Diocesan Councillor.
Western Equatoria Minister for Physical Infrastructure clement Juma Mburgoniwia paid tribute to the deceased and consoled the faithful to remain strong in faith.
Yambio ECSS Bishop Peter Munde Yacob told the congregation during the requiem mass to learn from the late and follow his legacy.
The 68-year old Monsignor Samusa was ordained priest on January 14, 1973 in Tombura and was first assigned to be a chaplain of Riiyubu Hospital in 1973 and now died as a chaplain of Nzara Hospital.
Monsignor Samusa served in 1975 as a spiritual Director of Minor Seminary in Mupoi.
In 1980 Monsignor Samusa was appointed parish priest and Rector of Rimenze Minor Seminary and 1989 the SPLA forced the students to leave the seminary together with the late who satyed in the bush and came back to Yambio in 1991.