Hundreds remember Bishop Sullivan as ‘voice for hope and peace’
Bishop Sullivan was laid to rest underneath the alter at the Cathedral of Sacred Heart among the other former Bishops of the Church.
Bishop Sullivan was laid to rest underneath the alter at the Cathedral of Sacred Heart among the other former Bishops of the Church.
Sullivan led the Richmond diocese for nearly 30 years.
The body of Bishop Walter Sullivan will lie in repose at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond beginning at 3 p.m.
Funeral arrangements for Bishop Walter Sullivan were posted on the Richmond Diocese’s website Wednesday.
Bishop Sullivan was the 11th Bishop of Richmond, serving from 1974 to 2003.
Walter Sullivan, the former bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, has been released from the hospital and is now receiving hospice care.
Walter Sullivan, the former Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, has been diagnosed with liver cancer.