On the 24th of March at 9:00 in the morning the mortal remains of the Servant of God Msgr. Alphonse Gallegos were exhumed from St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Sacramento, California so as to transfer them to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Present were the members of the Tribunal designated by Bishop Jaime Soto. They were Fr. Timothy Nondorf, Judge Delegate; Fr. Mark Richards, Promoter of Justice; Fr. Eliseo González, OAR, Acting Notary; Frank Espinosa, person in-charge of the cemetery; Patrick Gormley, representative of the Funeral Parlor; Dr. Francisco Aguirre, medical expert and Fr. Samson Silloriquez, General Postulator. Fr. James Mc. Guire and Fr. Michael Stechmann were also there.
From the cemetery the wooden coffin, still in good condition, was transported to W.F. Gormley and Sons Funeral Parlor situated at the center of the city for authentication of the body and transfer to a new metal coffin. In the afternoon of the same day Msgr. Francis Quinn, the Ordinary of the diocese of Sacramento when Gallegos died, celebrated the mass in the cathedral with the body present. An over night wake was held in the same cathedral. On the following morning the body was brought to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe where it was received by Msgr. William Weigand, retired bishop of Sacramento. After the mass the coffin was placed at the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament where it remained until Saturday morning. A great number of faithful came to show their respect, ask for his intercession and pray for his canonization.
Tomb of Mons. Alfonso Gallegos. At midday of March 27 Msgr. Jaime Soto presided the mass together with Msgr. Quinn and Fr. General, Javier Guerra. Some Augustinian Recollect priests, Legionaires of Christ, and diocesan priests also concelebrated. Among the great number of the relatives of Msgr. Gallegos attending were his blood brother and sister. After the mass the coffin with the mortal remains was laid at the new tomb wherein the faithful have easy access to pray and ask for his intercession.