Background

BAUM, H.E. Cardinal William Wakefield was born on November 21, 1926 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Harold E. and Mary Leona (Hayes) White, step-father Jerome C. Baum.

Education

Attended, Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, 1947—1951. Attended, University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1956—1958. STD, University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1958.

Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1957. Doctor of Divinity, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1967. Doctor of Laws, Georgetown University.

Doctor of Laws, St. John's University, Brooklyn.

Career

Ordained priest Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, 1951, chancellor, 1967—1970. Associate pastor St. Aloysius Parish, Kansas City, Missouri, 1951—1956. Administrator St. Cyril's Parish, Sugar Creek, 1960—1961.

Associate pastor St. Therese's Parish, Kansas City, 1961—1964, St. Peter's Parish, Kansas City, 1967—1968. Pastor St. James Parish, 1968—1970. Ordained bishop, 1970.

Bishop Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1970—1973. Archbishop Archdiocese of Washington, 1973—1980. Elevated to cardinal, 1976.

Cardinal-priest S. Croce in via Flaminia, since 1976. Prefect Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education & Seminaries, Rome, 1980—1990. Major penitentiary Apostolic Penitentiary, 1990—2001, major penitentiary emeritus, since 2001.

From instructor to professor Avila College, Kansas City, 1954—1956, 1958—1963. Honorary chaplain of The Pope, 1961, 68. 1st executive director Bishops' Commission Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Affairs, 1964—1967, joint working group.

Representatives Catholic Church and World Council Churches, 1965—1969, Catholic Church and Lutheran World Federation, 1965—1966. Active Vatican's Congregations Catholic Education, Doctrine of Faith and Secretariat for Non Christians, Bishop's Welfare Emergency Relief Committee, Mixed Commission.

Works

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• book

  • Considerations towards a theology of the Presbyterate
  • The Theology of the Priesthood and a Diocesan Spirituality: Considerations Towards a Theology of the Presbyterate

• Other Work

  • Author: The Teaching of Cardinal Cajetan on the Sacrifice of the Mass, 1958, Considerations Toward the Theology on the Presbyterate, 1961.

Membership

Jt. Working Group of reps, of Catholic Church and World Council of Churches 1965-1969. Mixed Commission, of reps, of Catholic Church and Lutheran World Federation 1965-1966. Synod of Bishops 1971.

Secretariat for Non-Christians.

Interests

• Reading, music.

Connections

Father:

Harold E.

Mother:

Mary Leona (Hayes) White, step-father Jerome C. Baum