Funeral held for Haitian archbishop

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Throngs of mourners turned out for a funeral Mass on Saturday for the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, whose body was pulled from ruins near the national cathedral after the massive earthquake in Haiti.

When the service ended, the body of 63-year-old Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot was taken to Lilavois Cemetery for burial.

Those dignitaries included Haitian President Rene Preval and the archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan. 

"He was a good man," Preval told CNN.
During the funeral, mourners, most of them clergy, lined up to pay their respects to the archbishop, who was laid in an open white casket. There were injuries to his face.
Friends called Miot, who became archbishop in the capital in March 2008, a humble man who was well-liked.

The roof of the historic Catholic cathedral caved in during the ea=rthquake, leaving the interior and entrance full of rubble and shattering the stained-glass windows. The archdiocese's offices and Miot's residence were destroyed in the earthquake, and a Mexican rescue crew found Miot dead in the ruins two days later.