Retired Bishop Dudley of Sioux Falls dies at age 79

Published: 2006-11-29

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Retired Bishop Paul V. Dudley of Sioux Falls, S.D., died Nov. 20 at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul. He was 79. A funeral Mass was celebrated for him Nov. 29 at the Cathedral of St. Paul, with interment at Calvary Cemetery in Northfield. A memorial Mass was scheduled for Nov. 30 at St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls. Funeral director Andy Langehough said about 500 people attended a Nov. 27 visitation and prayer service for Bishop Dudley at St. Dominic Church in Northfield, the town where he grew up and where he lived during his retirement. During the service a steady stream of visitors slowly made their way through photo and video memorials in the church narthex and down the church's center aisle to view the deceased bishop and offer condolences to family members.

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