The Port-au-Prince Cathedral , archdiocese offices , and many other churches were destroyed by the earthquake on 12 January 2010 . Miot was killed when the force of the quake threw him off his balcony at the papal nunciature . Archbishop Bernardito Auza , Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti , the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese , said that he originally sought an immediate burial for Miot , but that it would have conflicted with local tradition . Miot was buried at Lilavois Cemetery on 23 January 2010 immediately after his funeral Mass . Celebrants presiding at the funeral Mass included Timothy Dolan , Archbishop of New York and Chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services ; Thomas Wenski , Bishop of Orlando ; and Archbishop Bernardito Auza
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2010 Haiti earthquake
Joseph Serge Miot