Bishop Frank Dewane

Former Bishop Frank J. Dewane will lie in state in the Parish Center at the Epiphany Cathedral Parish Center, 310 Sarasota Street, in Venice, from 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

The Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida said that the Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Venice in Florida, 76, died at 3 a.m. today on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, surrounded by close family and friends.

Changes are underway in the region as the Catholic Diocese of Venice ordains a new bishop.

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Roman Catholic faith. WGCU's Rachel Iacovone spoke with Diocese of Venice Bishop Frank Dewane…