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Funeral Arrangements for Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Fiorenza

The funeral for Archbishop Emeritus Joesph Fiorenza begins with visitation Tuesday night at 7:15 at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston, followed by a rosary at 8:30.

The Archbishop will lie in state for public viewing Wednesday from 9 in the morning until 7 in the evening, followed by a Solemn Vigil Liturgy at 7.

A funeral mass is Thursday afternoon at 2 followed by a private rite of committal.

The archbishop died last Monday at age 91 at a Beaumont Hospital after months of illness.

Archbishop Fiorenza was bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston from 1985 to 2006.

He was elevated to Archbishop by Pope St. John II in 2004.

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