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Coat of arms of Cardinal Baum as Archbishop of Washington

Coat of arms of Cardinal Baum as Cardinal of the Curia

Cardinal William Wakefield Baum (born November 21, 1926 in Dallas , USA as William Wakefield White, † July 23, 2015 in Washington, DC ) was an American clergyman, Archbishop of Washington and Curial Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Origin and early career

William Wakefield White, who was given as a child the last name of his Jewish stepfather Jerome Charles tree by adoption, received after his training in the minor seminary of Kansas City and in the seminary of St. Louis in 1951, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

For the next five years he served as a parish chaplain in Kansas City, teaching theology and church history at St. Theresa College. In the years 1956-1958 doctorate he in Rome for a doctor of theology . After his return to the United States he became a pastor in Sugar Creek and notary appointed at the diocesan court. He also worked as secretary of the diocesan liturgy commission and as vice-chancellor of the diocesan administration. He participated as a peritus for questions regarding Christian unity at the Second Vatican Council and in several meetings of the World Council of Churches . From 1954 to 1967 he was secretary of the Department for Ecumenism at the North American Bishops' Conference and also a pastor in Kansas City. On July 15, 1963, Pope Paul VI awarded him . the honorary title of Surplus Secret Chamberlain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ).

Bishop, Archbishop and Cardinal

On February 18, 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed him. to the Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau . He received his episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Saint Louis, John Carberry , on April 6, 1970. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph , Charles Herman Helmsing , and his Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Vincent Sullivan .

On March 5, 1973, William Wakefield Baum was named Archbishop of Washington and inaugurated on May 9 of the same year.

On May 24, 1976, Pope Paul VI took him. as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Croce in via Flaminia in the College of Cardinals .

Cardinal of the Curia in Rome

On 15 January 1980 it appointed Pope John Paul II. To the prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education , and released him on March 18 of that year, the leadership of the Archdiocese of Washington. On April 6, 1990, the Pope appointed him cardinal major penitentiary of the Catholic Church. On November 22, 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

End of life

At the 2005 conclave , he was the only eligible voter besides Joseph Ratzinger who had not been appointed cardinal by John Paul II , as the one who was also Paul VI. Filipino Cardinal Jaime Lachica Sin did not take part for health reasons.

Cardinal Baum died in July 2015 after a long illness. At the time of his death he was next to Paulo Evaristo Arns and the former Cardinal and Pope Benedict XVI. one of three cardinals still alive who were still owned by Paul VI. were created.

Web links

• Entry for William Wakefield Baum on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cardinal William Wakefield Baum Has Died at 88. NBC 4 Washington, July 24, 2015, accessed July 24, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1964 , Città del Vaticano 1964, p. 1236.
3. ^ Rinuncia del Penitenziere maggiore della Penitenzieria Apostolica e nomina del Pro-penitenziere. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 22, 2001, accessed January 13, 2019 (Italian). 

predecessor	Office	successor
Ignatius Jerome Strecker	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau 1970–1973	Bernard Francis Law
Patrick Aloysius Cardinal O'Boyle	Archbishop of Washington 1973–1980	James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey
Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone	Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education 1980–1990	Pio Cardinal Laghi
Cardinal Luigi Dadaglio	Major cardinal penalties 1990–2001	Luigi de Magistris