MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The City of Mobile’s first archbishop died Wednesday at the age of 88.
The Archdiocese of Mobile, in a news release, announced the death of Archbishop Emeritus Oscar H. Lipscomb. The archdiocese says Lipscomb died peacefully at a residence in Mobile after a lengthy period of physical decline. Further details were not released, but the archdiocese said his death was not related to the novel coronavirus. Lipscomb was 88.
A private Mass of Christian burial will be held Tuesday at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.