On June 17, 2013 Fr. Lancelote, a very popular priest of Macau was taken by the Good Lord to heaven. He was ninety years old. On June 22, His Funeral Mass was celebrated at the Macau Cathedral with participation of priests, relatives, friends and hundreds of ordinary lay faithful that filled the Church. The Bishop of Macau, the Most Reverend Joseph Lai presided over the Eucharist and over thirty secular and religious priests concelebrated with him, including some Dominicans. After the Mass, the burial took place at the St. Michael Archangel Catholic Cemetery.
Of Portuguese descent, Fr. Lancelote was born in Malacca, Malaysia on December 21, 1949. He was ordained priest in Macau on October 6, 1949. As the Macau delegate of Catholic Social Services-USCC and Director of the Secretariat of od the Diocesan Services for Social Welfare Macau, the good priest dedicated himself for nearly six decades to social services not only in Macau but also in Mainland China and other neighboring countries.
Fr. Lancelote is a household name in Macau, where he served the Diocese and the people with competence, dedication and great generosity. He was well-known for his total commitment to refugees, the poor, the disabled and other disadvantaged minorities.
Fr Lancelote was a close friend of the Dominican in Macau. I fact, he was for a long time the only Dominican Tertiary in Macau.
Well done, brother. May you rest in peace!Â