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Alabama Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Lipscomb dies at 88

Archbishop Emeritus Oscar H. Lipscomb
archives.alabama.gov

 

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The City of Mobile’s first archbishop died Wednesday at the age of 88. 

The Archdiocese of Mobile, in a news release, announced the death of Archbishop Emeritus Oscar H. Lipscomb. The archdiocese says Lipscomb died peacefully at a residence in Mobile after a lengthy period of physical decline. Further details were not released, but the archdiocese said his death was not related to the novel coronavirus. Lipscomb was 88. 

A private Mass of Christian burial will be held Tuesday at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.

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