Edward James Slattery

Edward James Slattery is the current Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Slattery was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 11, 1940 the second of seven children.

Ordination and elevation

Ordination as a priest

Slattery attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, and then later St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, where he completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree and later a Masters of Divinity degree. He was ordained a priest on April 26, 1966 for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Elevated to Bishop of Tulsa

Later in 1993, Father Slattery was notified that Pope John Paul II had chosen to elevate him to the leadership position of a bishop; and in Rome, on January 6, 1994, he was consecrated by the Pope.

Once back in Oklahoma, Bishop Slattery was installed as third bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa at Holy Family Cathedral on January 12, 1994. As bishop, he oversees the operational aspects of the diocese, and is also the publisher of Eastern Oklahoma Catholic, the official bi-weekly newspaper of the diocese. Slattery writes a weekly column in each publication.

ee also

* Roman Catholic Church
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa
* Eastern Oklahoma Catholic

External links

* [http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org Diocese of Tulsa homepage.]
* [http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/bishop/biography.html Biography of Bishop Slattery.]

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