- Paul Clarence Schulte
infobox bishopstyles
name=Paul Schulte
dipstyle=The Right Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Bishop
deathstyle=none |Paul Clarence Schulte (
March 18 ,1890 —February 17 ,1984 ) was an Americanprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Indianapolis from 1946 to 1970.Biography
Paul Schulte was born in Fredericktown,
Missouri , and studied atKenrick Seminary before being ordained to the priesthood onJune 11 ,1915 . He was madevicar general of Indianapolis onFebruary 13 ,1910 .On
May 29 ,1937 , Schulte was appointed Bishop of Leavenworth byPope Pius XI . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingSeptember 21 from Archbishop John Glennon, with Bishops Christopher Byrne and Christian Winkelmann serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of St. Louis.Schulte was later named the second Archbishop of Indianapolis (eighth Bishop) on
July 20 ,1946 . Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, formally installed him onOctober 10 of that same year. Schulte's tenure saw the Catholic population of Indianapolis rise from 44,000 to 92,000 over a twenty-year period. He also concentrated on building churches in new suburban areas of cities and expandingeducation al opportunities [Archdiocese of Indianapolis Collection, ca. 1934-1966. [http://www.indianahistory.org/library/manuscripts/collection_guides/P0410.html Historical Sketch] ] . When Fr. Raymond Bosler, former editor of the Indiana Catholic and record, wrote a scathing article about Pedro Cardinal Segura's attitude toward Protestants entitled "The Cardinal Called the Cops 400 Years Too Late," the Archbishop responded by saying, "I thought your headline was a little flippant" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937408-2,00.html The Catholic Press]May 28 ,1956 ] .Schulte was appointed an
Assistant at the Pontifical Throne onFebruary 3 ,1961 , and attended theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. After twenty-three years of service, he resigned his post as Archbishop onJanuary 3 ,1970 , the same date on which he was made Titular Archbishop of "Elicroca".Schulte died at the
St. Augustine Home for the Aged in Indianapolis, at the age of 93. He was buried five days later at theCalvary Chapel Mausoleum onFebruary 22 ,1984 .References
External links
* [http://www.archindy.org/history/bishops.html Archdiocese of Indianapolis - Bishops and Archbishops of the Archdiocese]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschultep.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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