The Most Rev. Bishop Emeritus Dale J. Melczek, the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary, was remembered as a devoted man who spent his life in service to the church and the community.

The Catholic faithful gathered Sunday to say goodbye to Bishop Emeritus Dale J. Melczek, the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese in Gary. Melczek’s body, lain in a modest wooden casket, was ...

Bishop Dale J. Melczek of Gary, Ind., is pictured concelebrating Mass with U.S. bishops from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome in this Feb. 13, 2012 ...