June 16, 2017

About Archbishop-designate Charles C. Thompson

Archbishop-designate Charles C. ThompsonBorn: April 11, 1961, in Louisville, Ky.

Parents: Coleman and Joyce Thompson.

Education: Graduated from Moore High School in Louisville in 1979; earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting at Bellarmine University in Louisville in 1983; earned a master of divinity at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad in 1987; earned a licentiate in canon law at St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada in 1992.

Ordination: Ordained a deacon at St. Bernard Church in Louisville on Oct. 25, 1986; ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville on May 30, 1987; ordained as bishop of Evansville, Ind., on June 29, 2011, in Evansville.

Ministries: Served in the Louisville Archdiocese as associate pastor, administrator and pastor of several parishes, as chaplain of three high schools, as vicar judicial and later as vicar general; taught canon law at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.

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