Charles C. Thompson

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Charles Coleman Thompson D.D., J.C.L.
Bishop of Evansville
Province	Indianapolis
Diocese	Evansville
Appointed	April 26, 2011
Installed	June 29, 2011
Predecessor	Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger
Orders
Ordination	May 30, 1987 by Thomas C. Kelly
Consecration	June 29, 2011 by Joseph Edward Kurtz, Daniel M. Buechlein, Thomas C. Kelly, and Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger
Personal details
Born	(1961-04-11) April 11, 1961 Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality	American
Denomination	Catholic Church
Motto	CHRIST THE CORNERSTONE

Styles of Charles Coleman Thompson

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Charles Coleman Thompson, D.D., J.C.L., (born April 11, 1961) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has served as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Evansville in the state of Indiana since 2011.^[1]

Career

Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Bellarmine College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting. He earned a master of divinity degree at Saint Meinrad School of Theology and a licentiate in canon law at St. Paul University.

From his ordination in 1987 until 1990 he served as associate pastor at St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral in Bardstown, Kentucky and as chaplain at Bethlehem High School. In 1992 he resumed work part-time as an associate pastor at St. Francis of Assisi in Louisville. In 1993 he was named Metropolitan Vicar and Director of Tribunals. He administered St. Peter Claver in Louisville from 1994 to 1996 and also served as a chaplain for the Presentation Academy in Louisville from 1995 to 1997. In 1996 he was relocated to St. Augustine in Lebanon, Kentucky as pastor. He was named Defender of the Bond and Judge of the Diocesan Tribunal in 1998. He was transferred in 2002 to Holy Trinity in Louisville as pastor, around which time he became chaplain of Sacred Heart Academy. He was named Vicar General in 2008. Thompson served as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Louisville and pastored at Holy Trinity in Louisville.^[2]

Episcopacy

Pope Benedict XVI appointed Thompson as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Evansville on April 26, 2011.^[2] He was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz on June 29, 2011 at Roberts Municipal Stadium in Evansville.^[3] The principal co-consecrators were Archbishops Daniel M. Buechlein, OSB of Indianapolis, Thomas C. Kelly, OP, Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville and Bishop Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger, Bishop Emeritus of Evansville.^[1]

References

1 2 "Bishop Charles Coleman Thompson". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
1 2 "Pope names Louisville, Kentucky vicar general to succeed Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger of Evansville, Indiana". The Message Online. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
↑ Corrigan, Sara Anne. "Catholic Church turns to tradition in installation of new bishop". Evansville Courier & Press (June 28, 2011). Retrieved 2011-07-05.

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville Home Page

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger	Bishop of Evansville 2011–present	Succeeded by

Diocese of Evansville

Bishops	Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann Paul Francis Leibold Francis Raymond Shea Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger Charles C. Thompson

Churches	Cathedral St. Benedict Cathedral Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Jasper Basilica of St Francis Xavier, Vincennes

Education	High schools Mater Dei High School, Evansville Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville Rivet Middle/High School, Vincennes Washington Catholic Middle/High School, Washington

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