A funeral Mass is being held for Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, who served as Archbishop of Washington from 1973 to 1980. Baum died July 23 at age 88.
The Mass is scheduled to begin Friday at 2 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. After the Mass, Baum will be interred in the cathedral's crypt.
Baum was the third Archbishop of Washington and the longest-serving cardinal in American history.
As archbishop, Baum also served as chancellor of the Catholic University of America. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1976. Later, he served in Rome as prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican office for matters of conscience.
He was born in Texas.
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