Former Gallup bishop dies in Florida
Pelotte dies of undisclosed illness, will be buried in Gallup

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Gallup Independent
By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Staff writer

GALLUP — Donald E. Pelotte, the former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup, died Thursday morning in a Florida hospital of an undisclosed illness.

Pelotte, 64, died at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to statements released by the Diocese of Gallup and Pelotte’s religious order, the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament of Cleveland, Ohio. Pelotte had been admitted to the hospital’s critical care unit on Dec. 27 and had never recovered. His two surviving brothers, the Rev. Dana Pelotte and Roger Pelotte, were at his side when he died, church officials reported.

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