Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 22, 2025 / 14:59 pm

Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley is requesting prayers from the faithful after an archdiocesan priest died after falling through the sacristy ceiling of his parish late last week.

Father Linh Bui, the pastor at St. Ann Catholic Church in Elgin, Oklahoma, died after suffering a severe brain injury caused by the fall, according to a Sept. 19 announcement by the archbishop posted to Facebook. Bui was 56 years old.

“It is with great sadness that I announce that Father Linh Bui passed away this morning from his injuries,” Coakley wrote.

Before his death, Bui received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick and the apostolic pardon , which grants an indulgence for the remission of temporal punishment for a person who dies in the

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