Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
12 Facts About Charles Salatka
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Charles Salatka served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City in Oklahoma from 1977 to 1992.
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Charles Salatka was born on February 26,1918, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Charles Anthony and Mary Salatka.
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At age 14, Charles Salatka started attending St Joseph's Seminary in Grand Rapids.
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Charles Salatka was ordained a priest by Bishop Francis Haas for the Diocese of Grand Rapids on February 24,1945.
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Charles Salatka became the first pastor of St Michael's Parish in Grand Rapids in 1950.
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Charles Salatka was consecrated in Grand Rapids by Cardinal Egidio Vagnozzi on March 6,1962.
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In September 1972, Charles Salatka established a tribunal as a start of the canonization process for Frederic Baraga, an early bishop of what was then the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette in Michigan.
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Charles Salatka founded the Office of Hispanic Ministry in the 1970s and learned to speak Spanish at age 68 so that he could celebrate mass in that language.
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On October 3,1981, Charles Salatka celebrated a funeral mass in Oklahoma City for Stanley Rother, a priest from the diocese.
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Charles Salatka had recalled Rother to Oklahoma in January 1981 due to threats on his life.
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Charles Salatka died in Oklahoma City on March 17,2003.