Archbishop Mataca passes away

By Aliki Bia and Filipe Naikaso

01/07/2014

The late Archbishop Emeritus Petero Mataca

Archbishop Emeritus Petero Mataca has passed away.

Vicar General Father Sulio Turaga Kacivi said that Archbishop Mataca passed away after a long sickness at the Suva Private Hospital yesterday.

Father Kacivi said Mataca went for treatment in New Zealand and returned in April early this year.

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