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Bishop Raymond Lessard, Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, died Sunday at his home in St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Bishop Lessard served as the Catholic Bishop of Savannah From 1973 to 1995. He was serving at the St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary for the last twenty years as spiritual director and professor of ecclesiology.
After a visitation at the seminary on Saturday, his body will be transfered back to Savannah to be received at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Monday.
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