Former Assistant Secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Supreme Council of the Pontifical Missionary Works, Archbishop Charles A. Schleck CSC., was born to Raymond and Lucile Schleck on July 5, 1925, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After attending St. John's Grade School in Milwaukee he entered South Milwaukee High School in 1939. After two years there he entered Holy Cross Seminary at Notre Dame and graduated in 1943.
On August 15, of that same year, he entered St. Joseph novitiate, Rolling Prairie, Indiana, and took his first vows in August of 1944. After graduating from Notre Dame in 1948, he went to study in Rome at St. Thomas University, also known as the Angelicum. After receiving his bachelor of sacred theology in 1950, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 22, 1951 at St. John Lateran in Rome. While continuing his studies in Rome and serving as chaplain at Notre Dame International School, he earned his licentiate in sacred theology in 1952, and his doctorate of sacred theology in 1953.
After one year teaching at the University of Notre Dame, he began a long career in teaching and formation at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., from 1954 until 1961, and again between 1962 and 1968, and at the Collegio de Santa Croce in Rome from 1961 till 1962. In 1968, when Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., closed, Archbishop Schleck ventured to California where he served as consultant to the Sisters of Mercy in Burlingame. He served as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes from 1969 till 1972, and as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1972 until 1973.
In 1974, he began as attaché for the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Schleck was named Under Secretary for that Congregation in December of 1986. In 1995, he was named Archbishop by Pope John Paul II and designated to the Titular See of Africa. He received his episcopal consecration on April 1, 1995, at the Collegio Urbano, Rome, from Cardinal Jozef Tomko, assisted by Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Josip Uhac.
Monsignor Schleck served as adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 1995 until his retirement six years later. On the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary, the Archbishop wrote: "I wish to express my thanks to God and my mother and father for their having given me the gift of life and of the Catholic faith. Given my experiences in a multicultural world, especially during these last 30 years of living in Rome and working for the Holy See, I have come to see these two things - life and faith - as the key to my existence. When this is complemented by the gift of the priesthood and of the episcopacy, one can only deepen that gratitude and acknowledge that all these things, each in its own precise way, is a gift of the most Loving Father, which I in no way deserved. They are just that - gifts - of the mysterious and loving Father who has brought me into being and given me continued existence to this moment." In 2001, Archbishop Schleck retired and resided at the Holy Cross Generalate in Rome. In 2007, he moved to Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Archbishop Schleck, died shortly before dawn on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Holy Cross House on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, aged 86.
Viewing for Archbishop Schleck was held in the chapel of Moreau Seminary, University of Notre Dame, on Sunday, July 17, from 3.30 pm., till 9.00 pm., with a wake service at 7.30. Funeral Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of The Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, on Monday, July 18, at 9.30 am., followed by interment at the Holy Cross Cemetery on the Notre Dame Campus.
On August 15, of that same year, he entered St. Joseph novitiate, Rolling Prairie, Indiana, and took his first vows in August of 1944. After graduating from Notre Dame in 1948, he went to study in Rome at St. Thomas University, also known as the Angelicum. After receiving his bachelor of sacred theology in 1950, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 22, 1951 at St. John Lateran in Rome. While continuing his studies in Rome and serving as chaplain at Notre Dame International School, he earned his licentiate in sacred theology in 1952, and his doctorate of sacred theology in 1953.
After one year teaching at the University of Notre Dame, he began a long career in teaching and formation at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., from 1954 until 1961, and again between 1962 and 1968, and at the Collegio de Santa Croce in Rome from 1961 till 1962. In 1968, when Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., closed, Archbishop Schleck ventured to California where he served as consultant to the Sisters of Mercy in Burlingame. He served as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes from 1969 till 1972, and as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1972 until 1973.
In 1974, he began as attaché for the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Schleck was named Under Secretary for that Congregation in December of 1986. In 1995, he was named Archbishop by Pope John Paul II and designated to the Titular See of Africa. He received his episcopal consecration on April 1, 1995, at the Collegio Urbano, Rome, from Cardinal Jozef Tomko, assisted by Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Josip Uhac.
Monsignor Schleck served as adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 1995 until his retirement six years later. On the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary, the Archbishop wrote: "I wish to express my thanks to God and my mother and father for their having given me the gift of life and of the Catholic faith. Given my experiences in a multicultural world, especially during these last 30 years of living in Rome and working for the Holy See, I have come to see these two things - life and faith - as the key to my existence. When this is complemented by the gift of the priesthood and of the episcopacy, one can only deepen that gratitude and acknowledge that all these things, each in its own precise way, is a gift of the most Loving Father, which I in no way deserved. They are just that - gifts - of the mysterious and loving Father who has brought me into being and given me continued existence to this moment." In 2001, Archbishop Schleck retired and resided at the Holy Cross Generalate in Rome. In 2007, he moved to Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Archbishop Schleck, died shortly before dawn on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Holy Cross House on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, aged 86.
Viewing for Archbishop Schleck was held in the chapel of Moreau Seminary, University of Notre Dame, on Sunday, July 17, from 3.30 pm., till 9.00 pm., with a wake service at 7.30. Funeral Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of The Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, on Monday, July 18, at 9.30 am., followed by interment at the Holy Cross Cemetery on the Notre Dame Campus.
Former Assistant Secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Supreme Council of the Pontifical Missionary Works, Archbishop Charles A. Schleck CSC., was born to Raymond and Lucile Schleck on July 5, 1925, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After attending St. John's Grade School in Milwaukee he entered South Milwaukee High School in 1939. After two years there he entered Holy Cross Seminary at Notre Dame and graduated in 1943.
On August 15, of that same year, he entered St. Joseph novitiate, Rolling Prairie, Indiana, and took his first vows in August of 1944. After graduating from Notre Dame in 1948, he went to study in Rome at St. Thomas University, also known as the Angelicum. After receiving his bachelor of sacred theology in 1950, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 22, 1951 at St. John Lateran in Rome. While continuing his studies in Rome and serving as chaplain at Notre Dame International School, he earned his licentiate in sacred theology in 1952, and his doctorate of sacred theology in 1953.
After one year teaching at the University of Notre Dame, he began a long career in teaching and formation at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., from 1954 until 1961, and again between 1962 and 1968, and at the Collegio de Santa Croce in Rome from 1961 till 1962. In 1968, when Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., closed, Archbishop Schleck ventured to California where he served as consultant to the Sisters of Mercy in Burlingame. He served as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes from 1969 till 1972, and as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1972 until 1973.
In 1974, he began as attaché for the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Schleck was named Under Secretary for that Congregation in December of 1986. In 1995, he was named Archbishop by Pope John Paul II and designated to the Titular See of Africa. He received his episcopal consecration on April 1, 1995, at the Collegio Urbano, Rome, from Cardinal Jozef Tomko, assisted by Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Josip Uhac.
Monsignor Schleck served as adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 1995 until his retirement six years later. On the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary, the Archbishop wrote: "I wish to express my thanks to God and my mother and father for their having given me the gift of life and of the Catholic faith. Given my experiences in a multicultural world, especially during these last 30 years of living in Rome and working for the Holy See, I have come to see these two things - life and faith - as the key to my existence. When this is complemented by the gift of the priesthood and of the episcopacy, one can only deepen that gratitude and acknowledge that all these things, each in its own precise way, is a gift of the most Loving Father, which I in no way deserved. They are just that - gifts - of the mysterious and loving Father who has brought me into being and given me continued existence to this moment." In 2001, Archbishop Schleck retired and resided at the Holy Cross Generalate in Rome. In 2007, he moved to Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Archbishop Schleck, died shortly before dawn on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Holy Cross House on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, aged 86.
Viewing for Archbishop Schleck was held in the chapel of Moreau Seminary, University of Notre Dame, on Sunday, July 17, from 3.30 pm., till 9.00 pm., with a wake service at 7.30. Funeral Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of The Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, on Monday, July 18, at 9.30 am., followed by interment at the Holy Cross Cemetery on the Notre Dame Campus.
On August 15, of that same year, he entered St. Joseph novitiate, Rolling Prairie, Indiana, and took his first vows in August of 1944. After graduating from Notre Dame in 1948, he went to study in Rome at St. Thomas University, also known as the Angelicum. After receiving his bachelor of sacred theology in 1950, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 22, 1951 at St. John Lateran in Rome. While continuing his studies in Rome and serving as chaplain at Notre Dame International School, he earned his licentiate in sacred theology in 1952, and his doctorate of sacred theology in 1953.
After one year teaching at the University of Notre Dame, he began a long career in teaching and formation at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., from 1954 until 1961, and again between 1962 and 1968, and at the Collegio de Santa Croce in Rome from 1961 till 1962. In 1968, when Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., closed, Archbishop Schleck ventured to California where he served as consultant to the Sisters of Mercy in Burlingame. He served as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes from 1969 till 1972, and as apostolic visitor for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1972 until 1973.
In 1974, he began as attaché for the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Schleck was named Under Secretary for that Congregation in December of 1986. In 1995, he was named Archbishop by Pope John Paul II and designated to the Titular See of Africa. He received his episcopal consecration on April 1, 1995, at the Collegio Urbano, Rome, from Cardinal Jozef Tomko, assisted by Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Josip Uhac.
Monsignor Schleck served as adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 1995 until his retirement six years later. On the occasion of his fiftieth anniversary, the Archbishop wrote: "I wish to express my thanks to God and my mother and father for their having given me the gift of life and of the Catholic faith. Given my experiences in a multicultural world, especially during these last 30 years of living in Rome and working for the Holy See, I have come to see these two things - life and faith - as the key to my existence. When this is complemented by the gift of the priesthood and of the episcopacy, one can only deepen that gratitude and acknowledge that all these things, each in its own precise way, is a gift of the most Loving Father, which I in no way deserved. They are just that - gifts - of the mysterious and loving Father who has brought me into being and given me continued existence to this moment." In 2001, Archbishop Schleck retired and resided at the Holy Cross Generalate in Rome. In 2007, he moved to Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Archbishop Schleck, died shortly before dawn on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Holy Cross House on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, aged 86.
Viewing for Archbishop Schleck was held in the chapel of Moreau Seminary, University of Notre Dame, on Sunday, July 17, from 3.30 pm., till 9.00 pm., with a wake service at 7.30. Funeral Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of The Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, on Monday, July 18, at 9.30 am., followed by interment at the Holy Cross Cemetery on the Notre Dame Campus.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
