Benyamin Yosef Bria

OrdersOrdinationJune 29, 1985[1]ConsecrationAugust 6, 2000[1]Personal detailsBorn
Benyamin Yosef Bria

August 7, 1956[1]
Kupang, Indonesia
DiedSeptember 18, 2007[1]
Mount Elizabeth Hospital, SingaporeBuriedPalasari, BaliNationality IndonesiaDenominationCatholic

Benyamin Yosef Bria (August 7, 1956 – September 18, 2007) was the Indonesian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Denpasar. The diocese is based in the city of Denpasar, on Bali, Indonesia.

Biography

Benyamin Yosef Bria was born on August 7, 1956. Bria was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on June 29, 1985. He was appointed bishop of Denpasar on April 14, 2000, and was formally ordained as the Bishop of Denpasar on August 7, 2000.[2] Bria remained as bishop until his death in 2007.[2]

In 2005, Bria led memorial masses in Adelaide, Australia, to remember victims of the Bali bombings.

Bishop Benyamin Yosef Bria died of renal failure at Mount Elisabeth Hospital in Singapore on September 18, 2007, at 9.18 A.M.[2] He was 51 years old.

According to an Antara News report, Bria's nieces, Elis, Ela and Gin, all from Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, and two Roman Catholic priests from the Diocese of Denpasar, Fathers Matheus and Hadi, were at his bedside when he died.[2] He was also survived by two cousins, Father Maxi Un and Antonius Un Taolin.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Denpasar bishop passes away in Singapore". Antara. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2007-09-19.[permanent dead link]

External links

  • Catholic Hierarchy: Biography of Bishop Benyamin Yosef Bria
  • ANTARA News: Denpasar bishop passes away in Singapore[permanent dead link]
  • Catholic News: Bali Bishop in Adelaide for terror remembrance Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  • The Age: Services to honour victims of 2002 Bali bombing Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
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