Raymond Leo Burke
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke ( * June 30, 1948 in Richland Center, Wisconsin ) is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 2.1 Roman Curia
- 2.2 Scientific Societies
Life
Raymond Leo Burke was born as the youngest of the six children of Thomas Burke and his wife Marie. The father died in the year 1956, when Raymond Leo Burke was only eight years old. Later the family moved to Wisconsin to Stratford. From 1962 to 1968 Burke attended Holy Cross Seminary in La Crosse, Wisconsin. From 1968 to 1971 he studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and from 1971 to 1975 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
On June 29, 1975 Raymond Leo Burke received by Pope Paul VI. in St. Peter's Basilica, the sacrament of Holy Orders. From 1975 to 1980 he was in his home diocese of La Crosse associate rector of the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker ( Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman ) in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In addition, beyond religious instruction at the Aquinas High School issued. From 1980 to 1984 Burke completed a doctoral program doctorate in law. can. in canon law at the Gregorian University in Rome. He then worked in the diocesan administration of the Diocese of La Crosse and was appointed there to moderator curiae and the Vice-Chancellor.
He became the first native of the U.S. marriage defender of the bond at the Apostolic Signatura in Rome Supreme Court in 1989. From 1985 to 1994 he held a permanent visiting professor of canon law at the Gregorian. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II an honorary prelate in 1993.
Bishop of La Crosse
On December 10, 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of La Crosse and donated him on 6 January 1995 in St. Peter's episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Curia archbishops and cardinals of the Curia later Giovanni Battista Re and Jorge María Mejía. The official inauguration with enthronement in the Cathedral of La Crosse was held on 22 February of the same year.
During his tenure in La Crosse Burke did Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, build a shrine.
Archbishop of Saint Louis
On 2 December 2003, John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of St. Louis - as successor by Justin Francis Rigali, who was appointed to Philadelphia - where Burke was officially inaugurated on 26 January 2004. Archbishop Burke taught Masses in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. He invited the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest to build a house in the diocese. In his time as Archbishop of St. Louis, he was spiritual director of the merger of the consecrated virgins in the United States. 6 May 2008 Burke was appointed by Pope Benedict at the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts and the Congregation for the Clergy.
Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and Cardinal
On 27 June 2008 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and at the same time as President of the Supreme Court of the Vatican City State. He was the first non - European to board a tribunal of the Curia. Furthermore he became the 10th U.S. Americans who served in the Roman Curia. In solemn consistory of November 20, 2010 it took Benedict XVI. as cardinal deacon with the title of Sant'Agata dei Goti diakonia in the College of Cardinals.
On December 16, 2013 Burke was replaced by Pope Francis of the Congregation for Bishops, which he joined in 2011. On December 19, 2013 Burke was dismissed from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Memberships
Roman Curia
- Section for Relations with States in the Vatican Secretariat of State ( since 2011 )
- Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (since 2010)
- Member of the Congregation for Bishops (2009-2014)
Scientific societies
- Canon Law Society of America ( since 1984)
- Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland (since 1984)
- Canadian Canon Law Society (since 1984)
- Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand ( since 1984)
- Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (since 1984)
Honors and Awards
- Role of Law Award of the Canon Law Society of America ( 2000)
- Honorary Doctorate of Ave Maria University ( 2005)
- Honorary Doctorate of Christendom College ( 2007)