Charles Asa Schleck, CSC (July 5, 1925 – July 12, 2011) was a Catholic prelate, who served as undersecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (from 1995 to 2001).
Biography[edit]
Schleck was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1950 he completed a Bachelor of Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the Congregation of Holy Cross on 22 December 1951, aged 26. Schleck continued his studies at the Angelicum completing a licentiate in 1952 and doctorate in theology 1953 with a dissertation entitled A Study of Sacramental Grace in General.[1]
On February 10, 1995, he was appointed undersecretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and titular Archbishop of Africa by Pope John Paul II. He was ordained a bishop on April 1, 1995, aged 69, and retired in 2000.[2][3]
He died on July 12, 2011, shortly after his 86th birthday, holding the positions of Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and titular Archbishop of Africa.
References[edit]
- ^ "VATICANO - Faleceu Dom Schleck, Presidente da POM de 1995 a 2001 - Agenzia Fides". www.fides.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ United States Catholic Bishops Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck profile at Catholic Hierarchy website[self-published source]
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