Background
Salatka, Charles Alexander was born on February 26, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles and Mary (Balun) Salatka.
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Salatka, Charles Alexander was born on February 26, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles and Mary (Balun) Salatka.
Student, St. Joseph's Seminary, Grand Rapids, 1932—1938. Master of Arts, Catholic University America, 1941. Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Institute Civil and Canon Law, Rome, 1948.
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Salatka was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids on February 24, 1945. He became the first pastor of Saint Michael"s Parish in the Diocese of Grand Rapids in 1950. In 1959, he was given the title of Monsignor.
On December 9, 1961, Pope John XXIII appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Grand Rapids Diocese and he was consecrated on March 6, 1962.
On January 10, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed Salatka Bishop of the Marquette Diocese. Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Salatka Archbishop of the Oklahoma City Archdiocese on October 11, 1977, and he retired on November 24, 1992.
Member of Canon Law Society of America.