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.
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