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celebrated the funeral Mass at the cathedral, and conducted the funeral rites at the occasion. The mortal remains were again placed at
Cardinal Simon's ancestral house at Marol, Andheri (East), where he was born and brought up. The mortal remains were taken in a grand procession from the residence to
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The last rites of archbishop emeritus of Bombay, Cardinal Simon
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the local St John the
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