Former Detroit Archbishop Cardinal Edmund Szoka has died

[Dwyer]

Szoka was Bishop of Gaylord, Mich. when Pope John Paul II selected him to replace Cardinal John Dearden as Detroit’s Archbishop in 1981. He was made a Cardinal in June 1988 . . .

Szoka was appointed President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See in 1990, essentially placing him in charge of the Vatican’s financial affairs.

He became the Vatican’s de facto mayor in 2007 when he was appointed President of the Governorate of Vatican City. Szoka was named President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in 2001.

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Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let your perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen.

 

[po18guy]

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let Your perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

 

[CarolNoel]

Well done good and faithful servant. May you rest in eternal peace.