Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger

Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger
Bishop Emeritus of Evansville
See	Evansville
In office	April 11, 1989— April 26, 2011
Predecessor	Francis Raymond Shea
Successor	Charles C. Thompson
Orders
Ordination	May 7, 1961 by Paul Clarence Shulte
Consecration	April 11, 1989 by Edward Thomas O'Meara
Personal details
Born	October 20, 1935 Ramsey, Indiana
Coat of arms

Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger (born October 20, 1935) was the fourth Bishop of Evansville, Indiana.

Early life

Gettelfinger was born in Ramsey, Indiana, the fourth of eight children of Gerald and Mary Gettelfinger. He attended St. Meinrad High School, graduating in 1953 before attending Saint Meinrad School of Theology where he graduated in 1957. He was ordained a priest on May 7, 1961. Gettelfinger earned a MS Ed from Butler University in 1969.

Gettelfinger served as Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis from 1980–1988 and Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis from 1988 to 1989.

Episcopacy

Styles of Gerald Gettelfinger
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	none

Gettelfinger was consecrated Bishop of Evansville on April 11, 1989.

Boy Scouts of America

Since 1998, Gettelfinger has served as bishop liaison to the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS). He was a chaplain at the 2001 National Scout Jamboree and has trekked at the Philmont Scout Ranch as part of the NCCS Saint George Trek. Gettelfinger received the Silver Buffalo Award in 2005.^[1]

References

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville Home Page
• Bishop Gettelfinger's Biography
• Page from Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese of Evansville Bishops Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann Paul Francis Leibold Francis Raymond Shea Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger Charles C. Thompson Churches Cathedral St. Benedict Cathedral Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Jasper Basilica of St Francis Xavier, Vincennes Education High schools Mater Dei High School, Evansville Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville Rivet Middle/High School, Vincennes Washington Catholic Middle/High School, Washington Catholicism Portal

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