{"id":281543,"date":"2026-05-06T17:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281543\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:35:12","slug":"funeral-plans-announced-for-bishop-emeritus-rene-henry-gracida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281543\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral plans announced for Bishop Emeritus Rene\u0301 Henry Gracida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funeral arrangements for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/former-corpus-christi-bishop-ren-161534699.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bishop Emeritus Rene\u0301 Henry Gracida;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Bishop Emeritus Rene\u0301 Henry Gracida<\/a> have been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>Gracida, who served as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi from 1983 to 1997, died at the age of 102 on May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the funeral Mass, there will be several visitation opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>On May 11, visitation will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church. There will be a Most Holy Rosary at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Bishop Emeritus Ren\u00e9 Henry Gracida led the Diocese of Corpus Christi from 1983 to 1997.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"812\" height=\"1500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a0c296efb6c60ee4c2a90336b1e32c8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bishop Emeritus Ren\u00e9 Henry Gracida led the Diocese of Corpus Christi from 1983 to 1997.<\/p>\n<p>On May 12, visitation will be held from 2:30 to 9 p.m. at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church. There will be a Solemn Vespers for the Deceased at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The life of Gracida: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/see-bishop-emeritus-ren-gracida-094533857.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:See how Bishop Emeritus Ren\u00e9 Gracida shaped Corpus Christi diocese;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">See how Bishop Emeritus Ren\u00e9 Gracida shaped Corpus Christi diocese<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. May 13 at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, located at 3502 Saratoga Blvd. in Corpus Christi. Viewing will take place from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Entombment is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. May 13 at the Corpus Christi Cathedral. Space is limited due to ongoing renovations at the cathedral. Because of this, the public is encouraged to watch the entombment via livestream.<\/p>\n<p>The livestream link was not available as of May 6 but will be shared on the diocese&#8217;s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/diocesecc.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:diocesecc.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">diocesecc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During his time as bishop in Corpus Christi, Gracida was active in local issues, serving as a prominent guiding voice for local Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>Before choosing a religious vocation, Gracida was an architect and a World War II veteran.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/06\/corpus-christi-diocese-funeral-plans-for-bishop-emeritus-rene-gracida\/89960428007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Funeral arranged for Corpus Christi Bishop Emeritus Gracida;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Funeral arranged for Corpus Christi Bishop Emeritus Gracida<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Funeral arrangements for Bishop Emeritus Rene\u0301 Henry Gracida have been finalized. Gracida, who served as the fifth bishop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[103816,155,38529,157,156,35875,103813,103817,103814,103812,103815],"class_list":["post-281543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-bishop-emeritus","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-diocese","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-diocese-of-corpus-christi","tag-funeral-arrangements","tag-gracida","tag-most-precious-blood-catholic-church","tag-rene-henry-gracida","tag-visitation-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}