From Cleric To Relic

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Founder of Morkaz Arabic and Islamic Training Centre, Agege, Lagos  State, Sheikh Adam Abdullah Al Ilory’s first son, Ridwanullah, is dead.

He died in Lagos on Saturday morning.

Sheikh Ridwanullah, who died of an undisclosed ailment, was survived by five children.

“Yes, he is dead. He died after Sahur (the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting). We have prayed on him. We are about to inter him,” one of his family members said.

Sheikh Ridwanullah, who is also the late Adam Abdullah Al Ilory’s first child, is a respected Islamic cleric in Yorubaland.

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Ayatollah Mohammad Feyz Sarabi dead at 93. 

https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/3411259/نماینده-آذربایجان-شرقی-در-مجلس-خبرگان-رهبری-درگذشت

Member of Iran's Assembly of Experts since 2006. 

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On 25/05/2021 at 21:17, arghton said:

Christianity

Eastern Orthodoxy:

Bartholomew I (b. 1940) 270th Ecumencial Patriarch of Constantinople.

Anastasios of Albania (b. 1929) Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania.

Neophyte of Bulgaria (b. 1945) Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia.

Chrysostomos II of Cyprus (b. 1941) Archbishop of Nova Justiana and All Cyprus.

Ilia II of Georgia (b. 1933) Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.

Ieronymos II of Athens (b. 1938) Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.

Herman (Swaiko) (b. 1932) Former Archbishop of Washington and New York.

Sawa (Hrycuniak) (b. 1938) Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland.

Kirill of Moscow (b. 1946) Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

Leo Makkonen (b. 1948) Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland.

Filaret (b. 1929) Patriach of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate.

Daniel (Nushiro) (b. 1938) Archbishop of Tokyo

...

Saw a short recent video of Orthodox Archbishop Makkonen today. He seems to be unable to talk without slightly gasping for air in the middle of a sentence and his hand looks very swollen. However he's only 73.

 

Filaret is still in Kyiv. Possibly in danger if Russia starts bombing the city again, but otherwise seems to be in good health.

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The leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church, High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume has died.

He died yesterday afternoon and believed to be in his 90s.

Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Nokuthula Matsikenyere confirmed.

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Nritya Gopal Das hospitalised for the 500th time in two years. Serious but stable.

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20 hours ago, drol said:

Nritya Gopal Das hospitalised for the 500th time in two years. Serious but stable.

Stable and satisfactory. Of course.

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Sedevacantist bishop Daniel Dolan, long-time pastor of Saint Gertrude the Great Church in West Chester, Ohio, has died. He was 70.

 

https://novusordowatch.org/2022/04/bishop-daniel-dolan-rip/

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On 24/04/2022 at 18:25, drol said:

Nritya Gopal Das hospitalised for the 500th time in two years. Serious but stable.

D....ischarged. Naturally.

[YoungWillz 21,062]

On 18/11/2021 at 16:56, Ulitzer95 said:

David Galliford (wiki), Bishop of Hulme (1975–1984) and Bolton (1984–1991) dead at 96.

I forgot to include Ted Luscombe (wiki), 97, above. So him and Henry Moore (wiki), 98, are the last two surviving CoE bishops who served in WWII.

Ted Luscombe reportedly dead: https://www.scotland.anglican.org/death-of-bishop-ted-luscombe-former-primus/

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On 18/11/2021 at 16:56, Ulitzer95 said:

David Galliford (wiki), Bishop of Hulme (1975–1984) and Bolton (1984–1991) dead at 96.

I forgot to include Ted Luscombe (wiki), 97, above. So him and Henry Moore (wiki), 98, are the last two surviving Anglican bishops who served in WWII.

So... Henry Moore (99 later this year) is now the last surviving British Anglican bishop who served in WWII. He lives in Lancashire according to the register.

There is one other senior Anglican clergyman who served – not a bishop but an archdeacon – Colin Stannard (wiki), who is 98 and lives in Surrey.

Luscombe is QO territory (but sadly unpicked in the DDP). Moore and Stannard aren't.

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Russell Nelson recently became the oldest-ever head of the Mormon church, at 97, and is still in excellent form:

https://www.deseret.com/2022/4/14/23025099/president-russell-m-nelson-now-oldest-president-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints

https://www.heraldextra.com/faith-2/2022/may/05/lds-president-russell-m-nelson-spends-time-with-sikh-leaders-issues-national-day-of-prayer-message/

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Hilarion (Kapral), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Metropolitan of East America and New York and First-Hierarch of the ROCOR reportedly dead at 74.

He had close ties to Putin and the Kremlin and released a statement a few months ago where he told the faithful to "refrain from excess watching of television, following newspapers or the internet" and "close their hearts to the passions ignited by the mass media."

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2 minutes ago, arghton said:

Hilarion (Kapral), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Metropolitan of East America and New York and First-Hierarch of the ROCOR reportedly dead at 74.

He had close ties to Putin and the Kremlin and released a statement a few months ago where he told the faithful to "refrain from excess watching of television, following newspapers or the internet" and "close their hearts to the passions ignited by the mass media."

 

So what you are in fact saying is, that he was a prick.

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There's more about the ROCOR for example here: https://text.npr.org/1096741988

During the last years, the last months it has attracted a lot of those conspiracy nutjobs especially in the United States.

In ROCOR, they (converts in West Virginia) felt they had found a church that has remained the same, regardless of place, time and politics. But Riccardi-Swartz also found strong strains of nativism, white nationalism and pro-authoritarianism, evidenced by strong admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

An Orthodox Church in America priest from Ohio was briefly suspended after he was seen in a video wearing his cassock on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, after he attended the Stop the Steal rally in Washington, D.C. 

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Top bish boshed by Covid and out of action for the Jubilee

 

Despite a touch of Pneumonia too he's unlikely to be exciting dead poolers too much

 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

On 02/10/2021 at 23:14, Ulitzer95 said:

The oldest living general authority is currently Elder Robert L. Backman (wiki), who is 99.

Facebook post reporting the death of Robert L. Backman, at the age of 100.

The oldest authority in the Mormon Church is now its President, Russell M. Nelson, who turns 98 in a few months.

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Tulko Rato Rinpoche, Buddhist teacher of the stars, especially Richard Gere and the Beastie Boys, dies at 95 in New York City:

https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/khyongla-rato-rinpoche/

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Tulko Rato Rinpoche, Buddhist teacher of the stars, especially Richard Gere and the Beastie Boys, dies at 95 in New York City:

https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/khyongla-rato-rinpoche/

He actually died in India. It was reported when it happened but got minimal coverage.

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Gabino Díaz Merchán, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Oviedo 1968-2002 dead at 96.

 

He was a participant of the Second Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 1985. There's a list of (almost all) the participants on Wikipedia, here's who are still alive:

 

Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanon (1937) Archbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Joachim N'Dayen (1934) Archbishop Emeritus of Bangui, Central African Republic

Charles Louis Joseph Vandame (1928) Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
Robert Sarah (1945) Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Bosco in via Tuscolana

Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941) Cardinal; Archbishop Emeritus of Khartoum, Sudan

Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (1936) Cardinal,
Archbishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Primate Emeritus of the Indies

Louis Chamniern Santisukniram (1942) Archbishop Emeritus of Thare and Nonseng, Thailand

Thomas Williams (1930) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand

Cardinals Pope Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger, Jozef Tomko, Paul Poupard as Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia. Cardinal Friedrich Wetter as a Papal Invitee.

 

Fraternal delegates:

Andreas Aarflot (1928) Bishop of Oslo, Norway. Representative of the Lutheran World Federation.

Anba Paula (?) Oriental Orthodox delegate

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2 hours ago, arghton said:

 

Gabino Díaz Merchán, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Oviedo 1968-2002 dead at 96.

 

His death leaves seven Second Vatican council fathers. 

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With the death of Canadian bishop Laurent Noel there are now a mere six Second Vatican Council Fathers and none from North America or Oceania. 

 

Francis Cardinal Arinze 90 (last to later be named a cardinal, last native African representative)

 

Luigi Bettazzi 99 (last representative of a European diocese, though Verstraete is Belgian he administered an African diocese)

 

Alphonsus Mathias 94 (India)

 

José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra 100 (last living bishop appointed by John XXIII, also last living South American representative)

 

Daniel Alphonse Omer Verstraete 98 (was an apostolic administrator while at the council, named bishop later)

 

Victorinus Youn Kong-hi 98 (South Korea)

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/greenville-pastor-john-gray-hospitalized-164934683.html

John Gray, pastor of Greenville "Relentless Church" (whatever that is) hospitalised with a saddle pulmonary embolism and blood clots in his lungs. "In need of a miracle"

[arghton 6,756]

On 11/07/2022 at 14:26, arghton said:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greenville-pastor-john-gray-hospitalized-164934683.html

John Gray, pastor of Greenville "Relentless Church" (whatever that is) hospitalised with a saddle pulmonary embolism and blood clots in his lungs. "In need of a miracle"

Improving, sadly.

"In her post she explained the miracle saying, “This type Surgery, “too risky”, Maybe that… but “That procedure can cause this.” “ If we do this, then possibly that.” “We must consider this!” Then GOD SPOKE…And again I say “Be Still and Know that I AM GOD; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10. Sometimes that is all we have. Saddle pulmonary embolism Had to bow!.”" 

 

On 03/03/2022 at 17:56, arghton said:

I'm amazed this guy (Ilia II, Patriarch of Georgia) is still breathing:

He's been the patriarch since 1977(!!!), there's been battle about who gets to succeed him for years and he's been ultrafrail for ages, suffering from a heart disease for more than 12 years and parkinson's for atleast 8 years. Someone tried to kill him with a strong poison 5 years ago but he survived it, came out of ICU slightly frailer. Hospitalisations in 2008 (heart treatment in Germany), 2009 (fever), 2014 (spine and heart treatment in Germany, twice), 2017 (poisoning, gallbladder surgery) and 2019 (weakness, unable to do a speech)

New video of Ilia II on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100059706245040/videos/765571661115999

He looks more frail than ever, unable to move his arms and needs two people to support him to walk or even stand.

 

Mentioning KH Ali Yafie: Ultrafrail, old islamic scholar who has been hospitalised atleast twice in recent years, both times seemed on his last legs. In 2018 he was apparently on ventilator with a severe lung infection, in January 2020 he was hospitalised at the same time as his wife and younger scholar KH. Salahuddin Wahid. Out of the three only he got out of hospital alive, despite being the frailest one. And he's still alive.

Is Estonian neopagan priest Addold Mossin still alive? Now 102, not seen since 2016 as far as I know when he looked very frail. Makes me wonder if he's another one being kept alive à la Zsa Zsa/Dilip or already dead.

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Diane Hegarty, known as a founder and High Priestess of the Church of Satan, dies at 80 years:

https://zeroequalstwo.net/founding-high-priestess-of-the-church-of-satan-celebrated-her-greater-feast/

She compiled and edited many of her church's doctrines, including The Devil's Notebook, The Satanic Bible, and The Satanic Witch.

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On 25/05/2021 at 21:17, arghton said:

Other

Diane Hegarty (1942-2022) Co-founder of the Church of Satan.

Updated for the death of Diane Hegarty, mentioned above.

 

Taiwanese buddhist monk, scholar Chin Kung dead at 95 from pneumonia. Are there any older religious leaders in Taiwan than Hsing Yun, the near-blind obese diabetic 94-year-old three-time stroke survivor with heart problems?

 

Well, here's a list of the oldest Buddhist leaders. 90+, list might be missing people. There have been a lot of major deaths during the last 12 months, such as Thích Nhất Hạnh, Tulko Rato Rinpoche, Thích Thanh Đàm, Thích Phổ Tuệ and Jakucho Setouchi.

Thích Thanh Từ (1924-) Ultrafrail Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. He was already frail over a decade ago when he needed to be supported by Thích Nhất Hạnh to walk.

Gyanashree Mahathero (1925-) Bangladesh's "highest religious guru of the native Buddhists", he was bedbound in May.

Chuanyin (1927-2023) Taiwan, oldest Taiwanese buddhist leader. Seemingly a slightly older, less frail version than Hsing Yun but I have to admit I know nothing about his health history.

Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IX (1927-) Thailand's Supreme Patriarch, seems to be doing quite great actually. His predecessor (Vajirañāṇasaṃvara, 1913-2013) lived to 100 despite being in failing health for the last 20 years of his life and hospitalised, connected to tubes for his last 10, this far Ariyavongwhatever is doing very well. 

Hsing Yun (1927-2023) One of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Taiwanese buddhism, as I mentioned he's a obese near-blind diabetic with a long history of heart issues and has survived three strokes (two in 2011, one in 2016) but this all doesn't seem to have affected him much.

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (1927-) Ghoulish Sri Lankan abbot of Bhavana Society who has since the 1960s lived in the States. Well enough to participate in Zoom meetings and can change his background in them so mentally probably doing fine.

Khensur Lungri Namgyel (1927-) 101st Gaden Tripa of Tibetan Buddhism 2003-2009. Lives in Paris.

Daisaku Ikeda (1928-2023) Japanese buddhist leader, controversial old Soka Gakkai President 1960-1979, Honorary Soka Gakkai President since 1979 and SGI President since 1975.

Chanmyay Sayadaw (1928-) Theravada Buddhist monk from Myanmar, frail.

Rizong Rinpoche (1928-2022) 102nd Gaden Tripa of Tibetan Buddhism 2009-2016.

Einosuke Akiya (1930-) Ikeda's less famous successor's successor as the Soka Gakkai President, 1981-2006.

Achan Sobin S. Namto (1931-) Thai Buddhist monk who has been frail for decades and was very ill in 2017.

Karma Thinley Rinpoche (1931-) Tibetan Buddhist leader.

Tep Vong (1932-2024) Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, a title he probably got for his connections to the ruling party. The only actual cunt on this list, as he's a puppet.

Lama Dagpo Rinpoche (1932-) Tibetan Buddhist leader who followed Dalai Lama to India and then went to France, no idea where he lives now but he's active and seems healthy.

Larry Rosenberg (1932-) US Buddhist teacher.

 

1933-1935:

Kazuaki Tanahashi (1933-) Zen teacher and artist.

Thrangu Rinpoche (1933-2023) Another major Lama.

Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa (1934-) Burmese Theravāda leader.

Ajahn Sumedho (1934-) Thai Forest Tradition buddhist monk, US-born and one of the "largest" buddhist monks in the West.

Tarthang Tulku (1934-) Tibetan-US.

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (1934-2024) A Tibetan buddhist leader.

Jakusho Kwong (1935-) One of the minor successors of Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971)

14th Dalai Lama (1935-) We all know him.

Surai Sasai (1935-) Japanese-born Indian. Survived "very critical" conditions on ventilator in August 2014 when he was already suffering from a "prolonged illness"

Tam Shek-wing (1935-) Chinese Buddhist scholar and teacher.

 

1936-1938:

Richard Baker (1936-) MAJOR Soto Zen leader and official successor of Shunryu Suzuki.

Pema Chödrön (1936-) Very notable Buddhist nun and writer.

Garchen Rinpoche (1936-) One of the Highest Tibetan lamas.

Angie Boissevain (1936-) Leader of Floating Zendo.

Ama Samy (1936-) Indian Zen master.

Cheng Yen (1937-) Last surviving of Taiwan's Four Heavenly Kings.

Lobsang Tenzin (1937-) 5th Samdhong Rinpoche.

Niklaus Brantschen (1937-) Zen master of White Plum.

Sitagu Sayadaw (1937-) Myanmar pro-military dictatorship monk

 

Off-radar deaths:

Shinzan Miyamae Roshi (1935-2021) Rinzai Zen Buddhist rōshi (teacher)

Kunga Rinpoche (1935-2020) Sakya Californian teacher

Yvonne Rand (1935-2020) Soto Zen priest