Cardinal Spellman's Funeral
Cardinal Spellman's Funeral
Nine Cardinals, nineteen Bishops, President Johnson, Vice-President Humphrey, hundreds of other dignitaries, both church and lay officials, and thousands of mourners of all faiths jam Saint Patrick's Cathedral for the funeral of Francis Cardinal Spellman. Following a Pontifical Mass, his body is interred in a crypt with his six predecessors, beneath the Cathedral's main alter. Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York, NY A back screen reads, "Final Tribute To Cardinal Spellman." Mourners gather outside Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Thousands of onlookers gather on sidewalks to watch clergymen and dignitaries entering. Dignitaries are: New York Mayor John Lindsey, New York Governor and Mrs. Rockefeller, Senator Jabots, United Nations Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, President Johnson. Inside the Cathedral, nuns and dignitaries walk past the casket and sit in pews.