Thousands attend Vidal’s burial
Thousands join the funeral march for Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal in Cebu City yesterday. A.N. BANAYNAL/ THE FREEMAN
MANILA, Philippines — Cebu observed a day of mourning as Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was buried yesterday.
Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle and Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo led the mass and funeral rites for Vidal at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.
At least 25 bishops, more than 500 priests and nuns and over 55,000 Catholics, including some government officials, paid their last respects to Vidal who served as archbishop of Cebu for almost 30 years.
Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino as well as Cebu Reps. Gwen Garcia and Raul del Mar were among those who attended the mass and joined the funeral march.
Vidal was buried beside his predecessor Julio Cardinal Rosales in the mausoleum at the cathedral that Rosales ordered built in 1983. Only Rosales, Tagle and Quevedo, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, Vidal’s family and household members were allowed inside the mausoleum.
Vidal died at the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu on Oct. 18. He was 86.
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