Robert Joseph Baker

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1944 –

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Who is Robert Joseph Baker?

Robert J. Baker is an American Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama. He was appointed to this post by Pope Benedict XVI on August 14, 2007 and installed on October 2, 2007. He has written several books.

He was ordained for the diocese of St Augustine in 1970 and sent to Rome for doctoral studies in dogmatic theology shortly thereafter. He has served in turns as a parish priest, campus minister and seminary formator before being tapped to lead the Diocese of Charleston in 1999. As bishop of Charleston, Baker presided over rapid growth, thanks to a combination of adult converts,. He also dedicated new or expanded churches, schools and parish facilities has been both the imperative and the norm. The Diocese of Charleston bishopric was filled Jan. 24, 2009 by Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone, formerly rector of St. Agnes Cathedral of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.

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Born
Jun 4, 1944
Willard
Also known as
  • Robert Baker
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Pontifical College Josephinum
  • Pontifical Gregorian University

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on July 23, 2013

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