Father Antonio Scheffel's wake begins at 5am on Sunday (18) at the Reconciliation Chapel, in the Fatima Sanctuary

The Diocese of Erexim will hold funeral services for Father Antonio José Scheffel on Sunday, October 18, in Erechim. Father Scheffel died Saturday, October 17, at the age of 86.

The wake begins at 5am at the Reconciliation Chapel within the Fatima Sanctuary, with the first mass scheduled for 6am at the same location. A funeral mass will be celebrated at the sanctuary at 15h, followed by the burial at the Cemitério Pio XII.

Father Scheffel was ordained a priest on July 13, 1968, and served for more than 45 years in various parishes across the diocese and in missionary work. Since mid-2021, he lived at the Lar Sacerdotal at the Seminário Nossa Senhora de Fátima.