Eduardus Sangsun (June 14, 1943 – October 13, 2008) was the

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n third bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng ( la, Rutengen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ruteng in the Ecclesiastical province of Ende in Indonesia. History * March 8, 1951: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng from the Apost ...

from 1984 until his death in 2008. The Diocese of Ruteng is based in the city of

Ruteng Ruteng is a small town in the highlands towards the western end of Flores Island, Indonesia. It is the administrative capital of Manggarai Regency, serviced by the Frans Sales Lega Airport or Ruteng Airport. The population is predominantly Roman ...

on the western part of

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island.

Biography

Sangsun was born in Karot,

Manggarai The Manggarai are an ethnic group found in western Flores in the East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Manggarai people are spread across three regencies in the province, namely the West Manggarai Regency, Manggarai Regency and East Manggarai Re ...

district, Flores, in the present-day nation of

on June 14, 1943. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on July 12, 1972.

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appointed Sangsun as only the third bishop of Ruteng in 1984. Sangsun was formally ordained to bishop on March 25, 1985. He would remain bishop for over two decades. Sangsun learned he had

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in April 2008 when he travelled to

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for a medical checkup. He flew to

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and the Vatican in September 2008 to take part in the vow-taking ceremony of Dominican nuns. He was hospitalized while in Rome. Italian doctors advised Sangsun to have heart surgery while in

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. Sangsun declined saying he would rather undergo the procedure in Indonesia. Sangsun arrived in

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, Indonesia, on October 8, 2008, and was hospitalized on October 10. He died at the Pantai Indah Kapuk Hospital in

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of a

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on October 13, 2008, at the age of 65. Bishop Sangsun's body was taken to St. Carolus Hospital, a Catholic hospital in

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, for public viewing. A

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for Sangsun was held at the Assumption Cathedral in

. Sangsun's body was then flown to Ruteng, Flores, for his

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. His funeral and burial took place at the Assumption Cathedral compound in Ruteng, Flores.

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