{"id":19167,"date":"2026-10-02T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/?post_type=province_news&#038;p=19167"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:05:20","slug":"province-mourns-the-passing-of-fr-xavier-tete-sdb","status":"publish","type":"province_news","link":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/news\/province-mourns-the-passing-of-fr-xavier-tete-sdb\/","title":{"rendered":"Province Mourns the Passing of Fr Xavier Tete, SDB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Province, mourns the passing away of Rev. Fr Xavier Tete, SDB, who died at 6:20 p.m. on 2 October 2026 at St. John\u2019s Hospital, Guwahati. He was 54 years old. The Province expressed its grief at the loss of a dedicated Salesian priest and invited the religious, priests, faithful and friends to pray for the repose of his soul.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born on 16 June 1972, Fr Xavier Tete made his First Profession on 24 May 2002 and his Perpetual Profession on 23 May 2009. He was ordained a priest on 9 January 2010. He served the Church and the Salesian mission with dedication throughout his religious and priestly life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, 3 October 2026, at St Joseph\u2019s Co-Cathedral Church, Panbazar, Guwahati, followed by the funeral rites at the Christian Cemetery, Uzanbazar, Guwahati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the same day, concelebrated Requiem Masses will be offered at 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the Provincial House, before the funeral Mass in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rev. Fr Sebastian Kuricheal, SDB, Provincial, conveyed the condolences of the Salesian Province and invited all to accompany the departed confrere with prayer and Christian hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Province bids farewell to Fr Xavier, the Salesian community commends his soul to the loving mercy of God, entrusting him to the maternal care of Mary Help of Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/VA-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/VA-1.jpeg 686w, https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/VA-1-300x207.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Province, mourns the passing away of Rev. Fr Xavier Tete, SDB, who died at 6:20 p.m. on 2 October 2026 at St. John\u2019s Hospital, Guwahati. He was 54 years old. The Province expressed its grief at the loss of a dedicated Salesian priest and invited the religious, priests, faithful and friends to pray for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19168,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-19167","province_news","type-province_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/VA.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province_news\/19167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/province_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donboscoguwahati.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}