Michigan Bishop Robert J. Carlson named new St. Louis Archbishop

St. Louis Post Dispatch ^ | April 21, 2009 | Tim Townsend

[Fast Ed97]

Pope Benedict XVI has named a Midwesterner — though one with no local roots — as the next Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Louis.

The 64-year-old archbishop-elect, Bishop Robert J. Carlson, has led the Saginaw, Mich. diocese since 2005. He will be the 10th ordinary, or leader, of St. Louis Catholics since 1827. Carlson, a veteran administrator with 25 years’ experience leading dioceses, succeeds Archbishop Raymond Burke, whose four-and-a-half year tenure as St. Louis Catholic leader ended in June when the pope named him to lead the Vatican’ s supreme court. Like Burke, Carlson is trained as a canon, or church, lawyer.

[Clintons Are White Trash]

Welcome to St. Louis Bishop - you have some big shoes to fill!!

[A.A. Cunningham]

ANTE CRUCEM NIHIL DEFENSIONIS
'Before the Cross There is No Defense'

Bishop Robert J. Carlson was installed as the fifth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw on February 24, 2005 at the direction of Pope John Paul II. A native of Minneapolis, Minn., he was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 1970 for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He was later ordained as an auxiliary bishop for his home archdiocese on January 11, 1984 and went on to serve as Bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D., from 1994 to 2005.

Education: Earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. Paul Seminary in 1966; earned a master's degree in divinity from St. Paul Seminary in 1976; and earned a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in 1979.

Other current appointments: Member, Canon Law Society of America; Board Member, The International Dominican Foundation; Board Member, Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, Mich,; Co-Chair, Mission Advisory Committee, Institute for Priestly Formation, Omaha, Neb.; Board Member, Los Cabos Children’s Foundation; Member, National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors Advisory Board; and Founder, The Messangers of Peace Religious Community, Colombia, South America.

Previous appointments: Past Chair, National Foundation for Catholic Youth Ministry; Past Chair, USCCB Committee on Vocations; Past Chair, USCCB Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry; Past Chair, USCCB Ad Hoc Committee on Youth; Past Chair, USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal; Former Member, USCCB Committee on Laity; Former Member, USCCB Committee on Pastoral Practice; Former Episcopal Moderator, USCCB Committee on Scouting; Former Episcopal Moderator, Serra International - USA/Canada Council; Past President, National Evangelization Team (NET).

Catholic Diocese of Saginaw

[SumProVita]

“...you have some big shoes to fill!!”

He Surely does....but, with God’s help, he can walk a powerful path in his own shoes! ;-)

[adiaireton8]

Bishop Carlson, welcome to St. Louis!

[Salvation]

Ping to you.

[OriginalChristian]

Welcome to St. Louis, Bishop Carlson.
Since you hail from Michigan, I only hope you are not a Wings fan.

[NYer]

Congratulations to the Catholics of St. Louis!

[netmilsmom]

Ah poo.
Saginaw needs him more.

[NYer]

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson greets students at Rosati-Kain Catholic High School in St. Louis April 21. Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the bishop of Saginaw, Mich., as the next archbishop of St. Louis. Archbishop Carlson spent the day meeting and greeting people in St. Louis after his new appointment was announced. (CNS/Jerry Naunheim Jr., St. Louis Review)

[Straight Vermonter]

This is good news for Catholic Vermonters. Our bishop had been rumored for the St Louis job.

[Desdemona]

That would be my alma mater. I've been out of there for quite a number of years and they still need stage curtains.

Word on the inside is that installation will be the third week of June or so. God willing. The date isn't set in stone, but the choir has A LOT of work to do.

[Desdemona]

Since you hail from Michigan, I only hope you are not a Wings fan.

Wings aside, he's a Twins fan, I hear. This could get dicey if there's a repeat of the '87 World Series.

[Desdemona]

Welcome to St. Louis Bishop - you have some big shoes to fill!!

I'm hoping he's a good administrator. We need one. Badly. And some people need to be rotated to different jobs. Pronto.