Sympathy to Watters family

Bishop Loras Watters died Monday, March 30. Bishop Watters, 93, was installed as the 5th Bishop of the Winona Diocese in 1969, where he remained until his retirement in 1986. During his tenure, Bishop Watters served on the SMU Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1980, and was subsequently named a trustee emeritus. Watters Hall on SMU’s Winona campus is named in his honor.

Bishop Watters’ Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon today, Friday, April 3, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

Daily Mass on Friday, April 3, in the Saint Thomas More Chapel will be canceled in lieu of Bishop Watters’ funeral.