Charles Albert Buswell
The Most Reverend Charles Albert Buswell | |
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Your Excellency | |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | none |
Charles Albert Buswell (October 15, 1913 – June 14, 2008) was an American
Biography
Early life
Charles Buswell was born on October 15, 1913, in
After studying theology at
Priesthood
Buswell was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Paulin Ladeuze in Belgium for the Diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa on July 9, 1939. [1] After returning to Oklahoma, he was named assistant pastor of a parish in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral Parish in Oklahoma City. Buswell, after being made diocesan vice-chancellor, became the first pastor of Christ the King Parish in 1947. At Christ the King, he placed emphasis on the greater involvement of the laity. He was raised to the rank of a privy chamberlain of his holiness in 1949, and a domestic prelate of his holiness in 1955.
Bishop of Pueblo
On August 8, 1959, Buswell was appointed as the second bishop of the Diocese of Pueblo by Pope John XXIII. He was consecrated on September 30, 1959, by Bishop Victor Reed, with Bishop s Stephen Leven and Glennon Flavin serving as co-consecrators. [1]
Buswell attended the
In 1973, the
Retirement and legacy
Pope Paul II accepted Buswell's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Pueblo on September 19, 1979. In 1982, Catholics Act for ERA announced that Buswell had expressed his support for the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. The amendment failed ratification.[6]
A frequent visitor to
Charles Buswell died on June 14, 2008, at age 94.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Bishop Charles Albert Buswell [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ "Bishops too had to re-learn 'being church'". National Catholic Reporter. October 4, 2002.
- ^ "Religion: English Mass: Needs Work". Time. September 4, 1964.
- ^ "When to Confess". Time. September 3, 1973.
- ^ "A Church Divided". Time. May 24, 1976.
- ^ "One of 23 Roman Catholic bishops listed by Equal..." UPI. Retrieved 2022-04-16.