Charles Albert Buswell

Charles Albert Buswell (* October 15, 1913 in Homestead, Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA, † June 14, 2008 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Pueblo.

Life

Charles Albert Buswell first attended the school of the Benedictine in Atchison and studied at the Seminary of St. Louis Preparatory Seminary in Webster Groves, at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, and starting in 1936 at the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium. He was ordained a priest on July 9, 1939 the Diocese of Oklahoma City - Tulsa. After working in pastoral care in Oklahoma City, he was Vicar General in 1947. Pope John XXIII. appointed him in 1949 to Chaplain of His Holiness and 1955 Honorary Prelate of His Holiness.

On August 8, 1959, he was called by Pope John XXIII. appointed second bishop of Pueblo. He received his episcopal consecration Victor Joseph Reed, Bishop of Oklahoma City - Tulsa, on September 30th of the same year; Stephen Aloysius Leven were co-consecrators, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, and Glennon Patrick Flavin, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis. He was from 1962 to 1965 participants of the Second Vatican Council. His resignation was Pope John Paul II held on September 19, 1979.

In the 1960s and 1970s he was committed to ending the racism and social justice. He was a pioneer of the Catholic lay movement and allowed laymen studying theology and subsequent pastoral activities. In 2003 he was a participant in an anti -war demonstration.