Charles Salatka
Charles Alexander Salatka (born February 26, 1918 in Grand Rapids , Michigan , USA , † March 17, 2003 in Oklahoma City ) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Oklahoma City .
Life
Charles Salatka grew up as one of five children of a Lithuanian immigrant family. After studying Catholic theology , he was ordained a priest on February 24, 1945 .
On December 11, 1961, Pope John XXIII appointed him . as auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Grand Rapids and titular bishop of Cariana . The Apostolic Delegate in the USA, Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi , donated him the episcopal ordination on March 6 of the following year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Grand Rapids, Allen James Babcock , and the Bishop of Marquette , Thomas Lawrence Noa . He was the first bishop of Lithuanian origin in the USA.
As auxiliary bishop, he attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Marquette on January 5, 1968; the inauguration followed on March 25 of the same year.
On September 27, 1977 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. was appointed Archbishop of Oklahoma City and inducted into office on December 15. Salatka, who had experienced the global economic crisis as a child of immigrants , turned to charitable initiatives and pastoral care for the Hispanic and Vietnamese immigrants in his archdiocese with particular commitment . At the age of 68, he began to learn the Spanish language in order to be able to celebrate Holy Mass for the immigrants in their mother tongue. Salatka brought the spiritual renewal movement RENEW into his archdiocese and sponsored the organization of the archdiocese's first multicultural festival in Oklahoma City, in which several thousand believers participated in 1992.
On November 24, 1992, Pope John Paul II accepted Salatka's resignation from the office of Archbishop of Oklahoma City. He spent his retirement in a senior citizen center in Oklahoma City, where he also died.
Web links
- Entry for Charles Salatka on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Biography , Archdiocese of Oklahoma City homepage, accessed December 16, 2013
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Lawrence Noa |
Bishop of Marquette 1968–1977 |
Mark Francis Schmitt |
| John Raphael Quinn |
Archbishop of Oklahoma City 1977–1992 |
Eusebius Joseph Beltran |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salatka, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salatka, Charles Alexander K. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Oklahoma City |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grand Rapids |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 2003 |
| Place of death | Oklahoma City |