Robert James Carlson
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert James Carlson |
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| Archbishop of St. Louis | |
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson exits the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis – 2010.
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| Archdiocese | St. Louis |
| Appointed | April 21, 2009 |
| Installed | June 10, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Raymond Leo Burke |
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| Ordination | May 23, 1970 |
| Consecration | January 11, 1984 by John Robert Roach, John Francis Kinney, and Paul Vincent Dudley |
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June 30, 1944 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Motto | ANTE CRUCEM NIHL DEFENSIONIS (Before the Cross There is No Defense) |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Robert James Carlson (born June 30, 1944) is an American Roman Catholic cleric. He is the ninth Archbishop of St. Louis. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis (1983–1994), Bishop of Sioux Falls (1995–2004), and Bishop of Saginaw (2004–2009). His views are considered conservative.
Robert Carlson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Robert and Jeanne Carlson. His father was serving in the U.S. Navy on a destroyer in Guam when his son was born, and later worked as a Prudential insurance salesman for 43 years. The eldest of five children, Carlson has four younger sisters, two of whom died in childhood. During high school, he studied under the Christian Brothers and played football. He studied at St. Paul Seminary, from where he obtained Bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1966.
Carlson was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 1970. He earned a Master's in Divinity from St. Paul Seminary in 1976, and a Licentiate of Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in 1979. He served as a pastor, a judge on the archdiocesan tribunal, director of the Office of Vocations, and chancellor of the curia in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He also served at the University of St. Thomas, where he was a chaplain to the hockey team.
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