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Bishop Edward K. Braxton was a priest of the Archdiocese
of Chicago when he was appointed to the Episcopacy by
Pope John Paul II on March 28, 1995. He was ordained a
Bishop on May 17, 1995. Braxton was installed as Bishop
of Lake Charles February 21, 2001and installed as Bishop
of Belleville on June 22, 2005 at the Cathedral of Saint
Peter.
He is Chairman of the NCCB Committee for the American
College of the University of Louvain. He is a member of
NCCB's Committees on Education, Science and Human
Values, and Scripture Translation. He serves as the
Convenor of the African American Catholic Bishops.
He is a pastoral theologian, who earned his MA and S.T.L.
from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois
and whose Ph.D. in Religious Studies and S.T.D. in
systematic theology are from the Catholic University of
Louvain in Belgium.
The Bishop, a native of Chicago, has long been involved
in interracial and intercultural dialogue. He has
lectured in major cities and townships of South Africa
during their annual "winter school." His participation
in Jewish-Christian dialogue has taken him to Israel
several times. Bishop Braxton's personal interest in the
impact of the arts (especially film, television, music,
architecture, sculpture, and painting) on religion in
contemporary culture is a key factor in his current
research.
In August 1997, the Bishop addressed the Bishops of the
United States who attended the National Black Catholic
Congress on the topic "Take Into account Various
Situations and Cultures: Evangelization and
African-Americans."
The Bishop's writings have appeared in the Harvard
Theological Review, Theological Studies, Louvain
Studies, Irish Theological Quarterly, The New Catholic
Encyclopedia, Origins, Commonwealth, America, The
National Catholic Reporter, and other journals.
NBCC Bio for Edward K. Braxton
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