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Edward Braxton
Edward Kenneth Braxton (born June 28, 1944) is an American Catholic prelate who served Bishop of Belleville from 2005 to 2020. Braxton previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis from 1995 to 2000 and Bishop of Lake Charles from 2000 to 2005.
Braxton was born on June 28, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, to Cullen L. Braxton Sr and Evelyn Braxton. He attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary and Niles College Seminary, both in Chicago, then St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. He earned Bachelor, Masters, and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees, along with a Licentiate in Sacred Theology. Before his ordination, Braxton served as a deacon for one year at St. Raymond De Penafort Parish in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
On May 13, 1970, Braxton was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago by Cardinal John Cody.
In 1973, Braxton entered the Catholic University of Louvain in Leuven, Belgium, earning a Doctor of Religious Studies degree and a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in systematic theology, summa cum laude. While in Belgium, he ministered at US Armed Forces bases in the area and at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Brussels.
After returning to Chicago, Braxton served as associate pastor of St. Felicitas Parish. He also began a post-doctoral fellowship at University of Chicago Divinity School. In 1976, Braxton attended the Harvard University Divinity School, occupying the William A. Coolidge Chair of Ecumenical Thought for a year. During this time, he also performed pastoral duties at St. Paul's Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The next year, Braxton became a visiting professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
In 1978, Braxton was named chancellor for theological affairs in the Diocese of Cleveland for then Bishop James A. Hickey. When Hickey became Archbishop of Washington in 1980, Braxton became his special assistant for theological affairs. He was one of the first priests to be appointed to this type of collaborative work with a bishop on a full-time basis.
While in Washington, Braxton also worked in ministry at St. John the Baptist Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1983, Braxton became the scholar in residence at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
After returning to Chicago in 1983, Braxton was named director of Calvert House, the Catholic Student Center at the University of Chicago, working there until 1986. In 1984, he served as a peritus for the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar in Kinshasa, Zaire. In August 1985, Braxton addressed the 43rd International Eucharistic Congress in Nairobi, Kenya on "The Eucharist and the Catholic Family."
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Edward Braxton
Edward Kenneth Braxton (born June 28, 1944) is an American Catholic prelate who served Bishop of Belleville from 2005 to 2020. Braxton previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis from 1995 to 2000 and Bishop of Lake Charles from 2000 to 2005.
Braxton was born on June 28, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, to Cullen L. Braxton Sr and Evelyn Braxton. He attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary and Niles College Seminary, both in Chicago, then St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. He earned Bachelor, Masters, and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees, along with a Licentiate in Sacred Theology. Before his ordination, Braxton served as a deacon for one year at St. Raymond De Penafort Parish in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
On May 13, 1970, Braxton was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago by Cardinal John Cody.
In 1973, Braxton entered the Catholic University of Louvain in Leuven, Belgium, earning a Doctor of Religious Studies degree and a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in systematic theology, summa cum laude. While in Belgium, he ministered at US Armed Forces bases in the area and at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Brussels.
After returning to Chicago, Braxton served as associate pastor of St. Felicitas Parish. He also began a post-doctoral fellowship at University of Chicago Divinity School. In 1976, Braxton attended the Harvard University Divinity School, occupying the William A. Coolidge Chair of Ecumenical Thought for a year. During this time, he also performed pastoral duties at St. Paul's Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The next year, Braxton became a visiting professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
In 1978, Braxton was named chancellor for theological affairs in the Diocese of Cleveland for then Bishop James A. Hickey. When Hickey became Archbishop of Washington in 1980, Braxton became his special assistant for theological affairs. He was one of the first priests to be appointed to this type of collaborative work with a bishop on a full-time basis.
While in Washington, Braxton also worked in ministry at St. John the Baptist Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1983, Braxton became the scholar in residence at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
After returning to Chicago in 1983, Braxton was named director of Calvert House, the Catholic Student Center at the University of Chicago, working there until 1986. In 1984, he served as a peritus for the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar in Kinshasa, Zaire. In August 1985, Braxton addressed the 43rd International Eucharistic Congress in Nairobi, Kenya on "The Eucharist and the Catholic Family."
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