BUFFALO, N.Y. — Funeral services were held Friday for former Buffalo Catholic Diocese Bishop Edward Kmiec.
Bishop Kmiec, the 13th bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, passed away Saturday night.
The Diocese of Buffalo says Kmiec had been in declining health over the past several months and passed just before midnight. He was 84 years old.
Kmiec was named the 13th Bishop of Buffalo back in 2004 by Pope John Paul II. He was bishop for eight years.
Since his retirement in 2012, Kmiec became Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo and resided at St. Joseph’s Cathedral rectory in Buffalo.