Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen
Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen (born August 21, 1921 in Anaconda , Montana ; † July 22, 2018 in Helena , Montana) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Seattle . He was the last living US Council Father of all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
Life
Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen, the eldest child in a family of seven, graduated in chemistry from Carroll College in Helena in 1943 . His math lecturer Bernard Joseph Topel , later Archbishop of Spokane, convinced him for the priesthood. Following a philosophy and theology studies at St. Edward Seminary in Kenmore in Washington he received on June 1, 1946 Bishop Joseph Michael Gilmore , the ordination . In 1953 he completed a master's degree at the Catholic private university University of Notre Dame in the US state of Indiana . Hunthausen then taught chemistry from 1946 to 1957 at Carroll College in Helena and was coach of the football and basketball team from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1962 he was the principal of Carroll College .
Pope John XXIII appointed him on July 8, 1962 Bishop of Helena . The Apostolic Delegate in the USA Egidio Vagnozzi consecrated him on August 30 of the same year as bishop; Co- consecrators were Bernard Joseph Topel , Bishop of Spokane , and William Joseph Condon , Bishop of Great Falls . He was the youngest American bishop to attend the Second Vatican Council . Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Seattle on February 25, 1975 .
In the following years he also emerged as a militarism critic outside of his church activities, including the NATO double resolution. Since he took an attitude that seemed too liberal to the Vatican on the role of women and divorced people in the church and on sexual morality including abortion, the conservative Donald Wuerl was appointed auxiliary bishop to him in 1985 .
On August 21, 1991, Pope John Paul II accepted his early resignation.
honors and awards
- Papal Honorary Chaplain ( Monsignor ) (1958)
- Thomas Merton Award (1982)
Web links
- Entry on Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 23, 2018.
- Entry on Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Raymond Hunthausen, retired archbishop of Seattle, dies at age 96. In: ncronline.org. July 22, 2018, accessed on July 23, 2018 .
- ↑ BISHOP CALLS FOR SHARING OF AUTHORITY AN UNWORKABLE VENTURE IN SEATTLE. The New York Times , June 23, 1987, accessed January 7, 2018 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Michael Gilmore |
Bishop of Helena 1962–1975 |
Elden Francis Curtiss |
| Thomas Arthur Connolly |
Archbishop of Seattle 1975–1991 |
Thomas Joseph Murphy |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunthausen, Raymond Gerhardt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunthausen, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, teacher and principal, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seattle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anaconda , Montana |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 2018 |
| Place of death | Helena , Montana |