Robert James Carlson
20th and 21st-century American Catholic bishop / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert James Carlson (born June 30, 1944) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the ninth archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri from 2009 to 2020.
Quick Facts His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Church ...
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Archbishop Emeritus of St. Louis | |
Church | Catholic |
See | Saint Louis |
Appointed | April 21, 2009 |
Installed | June 10, 2009 |
Retired | June 10, 2020 |
Predecessor | Raymond Leo Burke |
Successor | Mitchell T. Rozanski |
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Ordination | May 23, 1970 by Leo Binz |
Consecration | January 11, 1984 by John Robert Roach, John Francis Kinney, and Paul Vincent Dudley |
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Born | (1944-06-30) June 30, 1944 (age 79) |
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Alma mater | Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary Saint Paul Seminary Catholic University of America School of Canon Law |
Motto | Ante crucem nihil defensionis (Before the cross, there is no defense) |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
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Carlson previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota (1983–1994), as bishop of the Diocese of Sioux Falls in South Dakota (1995–2004), and as bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw in Michigan (2004-2009).