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Irmã Zelita Maria Erhardt dies at 90
First source report
Sister Zelita Maria Erhardt, a member of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph, died on Thursday, October 15, at age 90.
The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia reported that she lived in the Episcopal Residence between 2011 and 2020, where she cared for the bishops. She made her first religious profession on February 2, 1956, and took her perpetual vows on February 2, 1963.
A funeral mass and burial were scheduled for Friday, October 16, at 16h at the convent of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph in Angelina, Santa Catarina.
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- Official source@arquisalvadorIrmã Zelita Maria Erhardt, que dedicou nove anos ao cuidado dos bispos em Salvador, morre aos 90 anos
Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia · Sara Gomes
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