Shillong Archbishop Dominic Jala's Mortal Remains Arrive in Guwahati

Guwahati, October 20, 2019:

The mortal remains of Shillong Archbishop Dominic Jala, who died in a motor vehicle accident in the United States' California, has arrived in Guwahati city of Assam.

The body of the deceased Archbishop will now be taken to Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Guwahati , after which it will be taken to Shillong. The remains will be taken to Don Bosco Provincial House, and a requiem mass will be conducted at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral.

The funeral of the Archbishop will take place on Wednesday at the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians, Laitumkhrah, Shillong at 1 pm.

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Archbishop Dominic Jala SDP, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Shillong, Meghalaya, and IECL Commissioner of India for many years, died in a car crash in the United States on October 10. The accident occurred in Colusa County, Oakland, California. Salesian Archbishop Jala was 68.

Archbishop Dominic Jala and Father Mathew Vellankal, who were working in the United States, passed away in a fatal car crash with a semi truck while on the way to Clearlake, California.

He was ordained a priest for the Salesians of Don Bosco on November 19, 1977. He was the provincial of the congregation’s Guwahati province before he was appointed the archbishop of Shillong on December 22, 1999. His episcopal ordination was on April 2, 2000.

Archbishop Jala is the second Indian archbishop to die in a car accident abroad. Earlier, Archbishop Alan de Lastic of Delhi had died on June 20, 2000, in a car crash in Poland.

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