Manuel Garcia Viejo, Second Spanish Priest To Fall Prey To Ebola, Dies In Madrid

Ebola Claims Life Of Second Spanish Priest
In this photo taken in 2013, provided by the San Juan de Dios Order, Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, poses in the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar in Sierra Leone where he worked. Garcia Viejo, who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone, was flown back to Spain for treatment in a Madrid hospital Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Brother Manuel Garcia Viejo, was a medical director of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar in Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/San Juan de Dios Order)
In this photo taken in 2013, provided by the San Juan de Dios Order, Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, poses in the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar in Sierra Leone where he worked. Garcia Viejo, who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone, was flown back to Spain for treatment in a Madrid hospital Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Brother Manuel Garcia Viejo, was a medical director of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar in Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/San Juan de Dios Order)

(Reuters) - A Spanish Roman Catholic priest suffering from the Ebola virus has died, Madrid health authorities said on Thursday.

Manuel García Viejo had been repatriated from Sierra Leone on Sunday.

(Reporting by Inmaculada Sanz, writing by Elizabeth O'Leary; Editing by Julien Toyer)

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