Robert Joseph Baker

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Robert Joseph Baker
Bishop of Birmingham
Bishop Robert Baker with Friars
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Mobile
Diocese Birmingham
Appointed August 14, 2007
Installed October 2, 2007
Predecessor David Edward Foley
Orders
Ordination March 21, 1970
by Paul Francis Tanner
Consecration September 29, 1999
by John Francis Donoghue, Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, and John J. Snyder
Personal details
Born (1944-06-04) June 4, 1944
Willard, Ohio
Previous post Bishop of Charleston
Motto REJOICING IN HOPE
Styles of
Robert Joseph Baker
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Robert Joseph Baker (b. June 4, 1944 in Willard, Ohio) 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.[1] He has written several books.

Biography

Baker 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.

In 1999, Baker was appointed Bishop of Charleston. As bishop of Charleston, Baker presided over rapid growth, thanks to a combination of adult conversion and Hispanic immigration (the state's population of Roman Catholics boomed by almost 40% to over 175,000 during his tenure). Bishop Baker dedicated new or expanded churches, schools, and parish facilities.

He was transferred to Alabama to become Bishop of Birmingham. The Diocese of Charleston bishopric was filled January 24, 2009, by Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone, formerly rector of St. Agnes Cathedral of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.

Bibliography

  • Cacique: A Novel of Florida's Heroic Mission History Saint Catherine of Siena Press
  • When Did We See You, Lord? Baker, Robert J. and Groeschel, C.F.R., Benedict J., Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. (Huntington, Indiana), 2005.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Catholic bishop to be installed". Gadsden Times. September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2018-02-02.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
David Edward Foley		 Bishop of Birmingham
2007–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
David B. Thompson		 Bishop of Charleston
1999–2007		 Succeeded by
Robert E. Guglielmone


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