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Founders of the Ricci Institute

Father Edward J. Malatesta, S.J.
1932-1998

Father Edward J. Malatesta, S.J., co-founder of the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco, internationally known biblical scholar and historian of the Church and Jesuits in China, died suddenly on January 27 in Hong Kong of a pulmonary embolism. Father Malatesta, 65, died shortly after his 32nd trip to Asia. (full text)

USF Remembers Father Malatesta

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