Bishop Charles Grahmann, 87, concluded his life’s journey and arrived at the household of the Father on August 14, 2018. The Hallettsville native was a priest of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, an auxiliary bishop here, founding bishop of the Diocese of Victoria, and was later appointed sixth shepherd of the Diocese of Dallas, the see from which he retired.

Bishop Grahmann died late afternoon at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital in San Antonio. He had celebrated Mass earlier in the day at the Casa de Padres priest retirement residence and received the sacrament of anointing of the sick.  Read more from the Archdiocese of San Antonio: https://www.archsa.org/news/most-reverend-charles-v.-grahmann-dies-august-14-in-san-antonio

Services for Bishop Charles Grahmann will be, as follows:
 
DIOCESE OF DALLAS
Notice: Funeral Arrangements Added
Arrangements for Bishop Grahmann include visitation at 6:00 p.m. and a funeral vigil service at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 17 at Santa Clara Catholic Church (321 Calumet Avenue, Dallas, TX at the corner of Davis and Cockrell Hill) with the Funeral Mass at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 18 also at the church.

ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN ANTONIO
Rosary on Wednesday, August 22^nd, at Saint Gregory Catholic Church in San Antonio at 10:00 a.m., with Mass to follow at 11:00 a.m.
 
DIOCESE OF VICTORIA
Visitation beginning at 5:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hallettsville on August 24^th, with a Rosary to follow at 7:00 p.m.
Funeral Mass on Saturday, August 25^th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hallettsville, at 10:00 a.m.  Burial to follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Hallettsville.  A reception will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Hallettsville, following the committal service.
 
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

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