CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A priest in Bukidnon province died of COVID-19 recently and another was infected, a diocesan official said.
Fr. Virgilio Delfin, spokesperson of the Diocese of Malaybalay, said Fr. Deomedis Brigoli died last Saturday (May 1) night at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) here where he was under treatment.
Delfin said doctors declared the death of Brigoli, parish priest of Libona town, Bukidnon, as “due to COVID-19 complications.”
Delfin said another parish priest, Fr. Pablo Salengua, is confined at the NMMC after showing COVID-19 symptoms.
The death of Brigoli and sickness of Salengua prompted the diocese to close the Nazareno parish church in Libo…
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