Background
Trautman, Donald Walter was born on June 24, 1936 in Buffalo.
Trautman, Donald Walter was born on June 24, 1936 in Buffalo.
Attended, Our Lady Angels Seminary, Niagara Falls, New York. Attended, Catholic University, Washington. Licentiate in Sacred Theology, University Innsbruck, Austria, 1962.
Licentiate in Scripture, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 1965. Department of Science and Technology, St. Thomas Aquinas University, Rome, 1966. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Canisius College, Buffalo, 1977.
Degree (honorary), Niagara University, 1986.
Ordained priest Diocese of Buffalo, 1962, chancellor, 1973, vicar general, 1974, auxiliary bishop, 1985—1990. Administrator St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Collins, New York. Associate pastor Holy Family Parish, Buffalo.
Instructor St. John Vianney Seminary (now Christ the King Seminary), 1966—1973, dean students, rector. Ordained bishop, 1985. Bishop Diocese of Erie, since 1990.
Member of National Conference Catholic Bishops, United States Conference Catholic Bishops.
