Edward Braxton
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Edward Kenneth Braxton |
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| Bishop of Belleville | |
| Archdiocese | Chicago |
| Diocese | Belleville |
| Appointed | March 15, 2005 |
| Installed | June 22, 2005 |
| Predecessor | Wilton Daniel Gregory |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 13, 1970 by John P. Cody |
| Consecration | May 17, 1995 by Justin F. Rigali, J. Terry Steib, and Paul A. Zipfel |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Edward Kenneth Braxton |
| Born |
June 28, 1944 Chicago, Illinois |
| Previous post |
Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis (1995–2000) Bishop of Lake Charles (2001–2005) |
| Alma mater | St. Mary of the Lake Seminary (M.A., S.T.L.) Catholic University of Louvain (Ph.D., S.T.D.) |
| Motto | MANE NOBISCUM DOMINE |
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Styles of Edward Kenneth Braxton |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Edward Kenneth Braxton (born June 28, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as Bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois since 2005.
Braxton was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 13, 1970.
Braxton was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis by Pope John Paul II on March 28, 1995. He was consecrated by Justin Francis Rigali on May 17, 1995 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.
Bishop Braxton was installed as Bishop of Lake Charles on February 21, 2001.
On June 22, 2005 he was installed as Bishop of Belleville in the Cathedral of Saint Peter. He succeeded a fellow African American prelate, Wilton D. Gregory. He is a member of USCCB's Committees on Education, Science and Human Values, and also of the committee on Scripture Translation. He serves as the convenor of the African American Catholic Bishops. He earned his MA and S.T.L. from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois and a Ph.D in Religious Studies and S.T.D. in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
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