Funeral fulfil obligation?

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On the feast of all saints which is a day of obligation in England, my great grandad is having his funeral. Must I attend an additional mass? I’m assuming this will have different and even less readings and probably no gloria or credo I assume
 
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On the feast of all saints which is a day of obligation in England, my great grandad is having his funeral. Must I attend an additional mass? I’m assuming this will have different and even less readings and probably no gloria or credo I assume
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Sorry to hear about your great grandfather.

Yes, a funeral mass does fulfill the obligation.
 
Attending Mass on the day (or day before if after a certain time) fulfills the obligation. It doesn’t matter what the readings are. Prayers for your great grandfather.
 
A Mass on the day of the obligation or the evening before fulfills the obligation. However, I’m really surprised that a parish would schedule a funeral on a solemnity when the priests are already going to be celebrating multiple Masses. @edward_george1 any thoughts?
 
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