By Communications Department - Archdiocese of Miami
Due to the death of Archbishop Pedro
Meurice, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cuba, the Archdiocese of Miami will
be holding a press conference led by Bishop Agust�n Rom�n, auxiliary
bishop emeritus of Miami, on Saturday, July 23, at 1:30 p.m. inside the
Varela Center at the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity.
Visitation will be held at the shrine on Saturday, July 23, from 1 p.m. to 10
p.m. and will continue on Sunday, July 24, from 12 noon to 10 p.m. with a
rosary beginning at 8 p.m. Instead of flowers, the archdiocese requests
monetary donations which will benefit the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in El
Cobre, Cuba. Please send your donation checks to PM Charities at 11403 SW 84 Street, Miami, FL 33173.
The shrine is located at 3609 South Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida
33133. The shrine will hold its regular Mass schedule on Saturday from 8 p.m.
to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The funeral Mass will be held at St.
Michael the Archangel Church on Monday, July 25, at 10 a.m. Miami Archbishop
Thomas Wenski will be the main celebrant of the Mass, joined by Bishop Rom�n,
Archbishop Dionisio Garc�a, Archbishop Meurice�s successor in Santiago; Bishop
Arturo Gonzalez of Santa Clara, Cuba; and other bishops and priests. The church
is located at 2987 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida 33135.
Archbishop Meurice was born Feb. 23, 1932
in San Luis, Santiago de Cuba. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of
Santiago on June 26, 1955 and was appointed auxiliary bishop there on July 1,
1967. (He was ordained a bishop Aug. 30, 1967). Three years later, on July 4,
1970, he succeeded Archbishop Enrique Perez Serantes � who had ordained him
both priest and bishop � as archbishop of Santiago, Cuba�s primatial see. He
retired from his position as archbishop on Feb. 10, 2007.
Archbishop Meurice died the morning of July
21 at Mercy Hospital in Miami. Archbishop Meurice is survived by one brother,
Electo, and two sisters, Pilar and Clara, all of whom live in Miami, as well as
numerous nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Cuba although those arrangements
have not been finalized.
This article was updated July 22.
