Donald Walter Trautman
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Donald Walter Trautman |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Erie | |
| Diocese | Erie |
| See | Erie |
| Appointed | June 2, 1990 |
| Installed | July 16, 1990 |
| Term ended | July 31, 2012 |
| Predecessor | Michael Joseph Murphy |
| Successor | Lawrence T. Persico |
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| Ordination | 1962-4-7 by Paulus Rusch |
| Consecration | April 16, 1985 by Edward Dennis Head |
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June 24, 1936 Buffalo, New York |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Styles of Donald Trautman |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Donald Walter Trautman (born June 24, 1936) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Erie.
Donald Trautman was born in Buffalo, New York, and attended Niagara University in Lewiston. He studied theology under Karl Rahner at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, from where he obtained his Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1962. He was ordained to the priesthood in Innsbruck on April 7, 1962, for the Diocese of Buffalo. Upon his return, he was successively made a parish administrator in Collins and associate pastor in Buffalo.
He later studied biblical language for one year at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., continuing his post-graduate work in Rome at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, earning his licentiate in Scripture in 1965. During his studies in Rome, Trautman served as a peritus, or theological expert, at the Second Vatican Council. In 1966, he earned his doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum).
From 1966 to 1973, he taught Scripture and theology at St. John Vianney Seminary (now Christ the King Seminary), where he also served as dean of students. Trautman worked as a retreat master for Roman Catholic religious communities, and vice-president and president of Buffalo's Pastoral Council. He was private secretary to Bishop Edward Head, and later named Chancellor (1973) and Vicar General (1974) of Buffalo. He was raised to the rank of an Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1975.
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