Francis B. Schulte
Francis Bible Schulte | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of New Orleans Titular Bishop of Afufenia | |
| See | New Orleans |
| Appointed | December 6, 1988 |
| Installed | February 14, 1989 |
| Term ended | January 3, 2002 |
| Predecessor | Philip Hannan |
| Successor | Alfred Clifton Hughes |
| Other posts | Grand Prior, Order of the Holy Sepulchre (1992-2002) |
| Previous posts | Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1985-1989) Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (1981-1985) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 10, 1952 by John Francis O’Hara |
| Consecration | August 12, 1981 by John Krol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1926 |
| Died | January 17, 2016 (aged 89) Philadelphia |
| Buried | Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | John Schulte and Katherine Bible Schulte |
| Alma mater | St. Charles Borromeo Seminary University of Pennsylvania; Harvard Graduate School of Education Oxford University |
| Motto | Jesus Christ is lord |
Francis Bible Schulte, O.H.S. (December 23, 1926 – January 17, 2016) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Louisiana from 1989 to 2002. He was a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
Schulte previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia from 1985 to 1989 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1985.
In the 1990s, Schulte was involved in covering up child sexual abuse in the New Orleans diocese.