GEORGIA
WTOC
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) –
Bishop Raymond W. Lessard, Catholic Bishop of Savannah for 22 years, died on Sunday at his home at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, FL.
Bishop Lessard served from 1973 to 1995. He has served at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach for the past twenty years as a spiritual director and professor of ecclesiology.
A visitation will be held at the seminary at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at the seminary at noon.
Bishop Lessard’s body will be transferred to Savannah, where he will be received at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist at 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11. Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. An evening prayer service including the Office for the Dead will be held at 7 p.m.
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