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March 15, 2023With a sad, yet hopeful heart, we announce that Fr. Alberto Rodríguez, OP passed away on Friday, March 10, 2023.
Funeral Arrangements
All services at
Holy Rosary Church
3617 Milam Street
Houston, TX 77002
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
7:00 PM - Viewing and Office of the Dead
Thursday, March 16, 2023
9:00 AM - Visitation
10:00 AM - Funeral Mass
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The burial will take place on Monday, March 20, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Rosaryville Cemetery in Louisiana.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the
Southern Dominican Province
P.O. Box 8129
New Orleans, LA 70182
or at this link
Fr. Alberto Rodríguez López, O.P.
December 5, 1945 – March 10, 2023
On March 10, 2023, Father Alberto Rodríguez López, OP, age 77, died at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. Father Alberto was born in Havana, Cuba, on December 5, 1945, the eldest of three children to Alberto Marcel Rodríguez y Sánchez and Yolanda Margarita López y Emanelliof Camagüey, Cuba. At the age of 16, Fr. Alberto moved to the United States for studies. In 1964 Fr. Alberto entered the novitiate of the Order of Preachers (the Dominican Friars), Province of Bética. He professed simple vows on September 23, 1965, studied theology in Seville, Spain, and was ordained a priest on July 3, 1971, at the Dominikanerkloster St. Albert in Walberberg, Germany. After ordination, he pursued a doctoral degree at the University of Cologne, Germany, and briefly taught in Seville before returning to the United States in 1977. He served as Parochial Vicar of St. Rocco Parish, Union City, NJ (1977-78), Director of Hispanic Cursillo and Charismatic Renewal, St. Petersburg, FL (1978-81), chaplain at Moncrief Army Hospital and Director of Hispanic Ministry, Fort Jackson, SC (1981-83). He served as pastor of Holy Cross Parish, Atlanta, GA (1983-86), St. Dominic Parish, Miami, FL (1986-1993; 2003-2015), parochial vicar and then parish administrator of Holy Rosary Parish, Houston, TX (2016-2020), where he was diagnosed with cancer and continued to live until his death. Fr. Alberto also served for 9 years as the prior provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres in the Southern US (1993-2002).
Fr. Alberto was proud to serve on the Historical Commission for the Beatification and Canonization of the Florida Martyrs and was involved in the process until his death. He loved cooking elaborate and delicious meals for his community, family, and loved ones. He is preceded in death by his parents and younger sister, Yolanda, who died only a week before him. He is survived by his younger brother Eduardo of Camagüey, Cuba, and beloved many nieces and nephews and their families. He will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his Dominican brothers and sisters, his family with whom he was very close, and the many faithful that he served throughout his 52-year ministry as a priest.
