JOLO - A Philippine Catholic bishop died in an air crash yesterday after attending the funeral of a murdered fellow bishop.
Bishop Antonino Nepomuceno (72), and three others were killed when their light plane struck a tree after takeoff from Jolo airport in the southern Philippines and crashed. Bishop Nepomuceno was rushing to another appointment after the funeral and had hitched a lift on the plane bound for Zamboanga.
Thousands of Christians and Muslims attended the funeral of Bishop Benjamin de Jesus, who was shot dead in front of his cathedral on February 4th by Islamic militants.