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Date 1989-07-05, sorted by events, ascending

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1989 5 Jul
198-		 Dr Ugo Giachery (b. 13 May, 1896, Palermo, Sicily), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away while on a visit to Western Samoa. [BINS204:1; VV123]
  • He died while visiting Samoa and was interred on the mountainside at Tiapapata, Apia, in view of the Pacific Ocean. His funeral service was attended by by His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, the Prime Minister of Samoa, four Ministers of Cabinet, four Counsellors, five Auxiliary Board members, representatives of six national communities of the Pacific, and over two hundred believers from many parts of the country. [LoF241)
  • For the cable of the Universal House of Justice see BINS204:1.
  • Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the first contingent on the 24th of December, 1951. [MoCxxiii]
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  • For a short biography see LoF223-242.
  • See Bahá'í Chronicles.
    		• - Biography; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; Apia, Samoa; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, First Contingent; Samoa; Tiapapata, Samoa; Ugo Giachery
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