ST. LOUIS — New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan will be one of three high-ranking Catholic leaders who will officiate a memorial Mass on Saturday for Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial.
Dolan, a longtime friend of the Musial family, will be joined by St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson and Bishop Richard Stika.
The Cardinals yesterday announced visitation, funeral and burial plans for Musial, who died Saturday at age 92 at his home in St. Louis County after several years of declining health.
A public visitation will be 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cathedral Basilica, the elaborate Catholic church in St. Louis’ Midtown area. A private funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the same cathedral. Immediately after the Mass, a funeral procession will travel to Busch Stadium where the family will lay a wreath at the base of the Musial statue that’s in front of the ballpark.
A private burial is planned.