Charles C. Thompson

Charles C. Thompson
Bishop of Evansville
Church	St. Benedict's Cathedral
Diocese	Evansville
In Office	April 26, 2011— present
Predecessor	Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger
Orders
Ordination	May 30, 1987
Consecration	June 29, 2011 by Joseph Edward Kurtz
Personal details
Born	April 11, 1961 Louisville, Kentucky
Previous post	Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Louisville

Charles C. Thompson (born April 11, 1961) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has served as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Evansville in the state of Indiana since 2011.^[1]

Career

Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Bellarmine College and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in accounting. He earned a master of divinity degree at Saint Meinrad School of Theology and a licentiate in canon law at St. Paul University.

From his ordination in 1987 until 1990 he served as associate pastor at St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral in Bardstown, Kentucky and as chaplain at Bethlehem High School. In 1992 he resumed work part-time as an associate pastor at St. Francis of Assisi in Louisville. In 1993 he was named Metropolitan Vicar and Director of Tribunals. He administered St. Peter Claver in Louisville from 1994 to 1996 and also served as a chaplain for the Presentation Academy in Louisville from 1995 to 1997. In 1996 he was relocated to St. Augustine in Lebanon, Kentucky as pastor. He was named Defender of the Bond and Judge of the Diocesan Tribunal in 1998. He was transferred in 2002 to Holy Trinity in Louisville as pastor. He was named Vicar General in 2008. Thompson served as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Louisville and pastored at Holy Trinity in Louisville.^[2]

Episcopacy

Styles of Charles C. Thompson
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Pope Benedict XVI appointed Thompson as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Evansville on April 26, 2011.^[2] He was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz on June 29, 2011 at Roberts Municipal Stadium in Evansville.^[3] The principal co-concecrators were Archbishops Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB of Indianapolis, Thomas C. Kelly, OP, Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville and Bishop Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger, Bishop Emeritus of Evansville.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Bishop Charles Coleman Thompson". Catholic-hierarchy.org. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bthompc.html. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Pope names Louisville, Kentucky vicar general to succeed Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger of Evansville, Indiana". The Message Online. 26 April 2011. http://www.themessageonline.org/thompson.html. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
3. ^ Corrigan, Sara Anne. "Catholic Church turns to tradition in installation of new bishop". Evansville Courier & Press (June 28, 2011). http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/jun/28/no-headline---ordination/. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville Home Page

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger	Bishop of Evansville 2011 – present	Succeeded by

Persondata
Name	Thompson, Charles C.
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop-elect
Date of birth	April 11, 1961
Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death