Charles Victor Grahmann

Charles Victor Grahmann (July 15, 1931 – August 14, 2018) was an American Roman Catholic bishop who served as the sixth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Charles Victor Grahmann
Bishop Emeritus of Dallas
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	San Antonio
Diocese	Dallas
Appointed	December 9, 1989 (Coadjutor)
Installed	July 14, 1990
Term ended	March 6, 2007
Predecessor	Thomas A. Tschoepe
Successor	Kevin Farrell
Orders
Ordination	March 17, 1956 by Robert Emmet Lucey
Consecration	August 20, 1981 by Patrick Flores, Sidney Matthew Metzger, and John Louis Morkovsky
Personal details
Born	July 15, 1931 Hallettsville, Texas, U.S.
Died	14 August 2018 (aged 87) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio Bishop of Victoria
Motto	To walk humbly with your God

Styles of Charles Victor Grahmann
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Biography

On March 17, 1956 Grahmann was ordained as a priest in San Antonio, Texas. He was named Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio on June 30, 1981 by Pope John Paul II, with the titular see of Equilium.

The Pope appointed him the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Victoria, Texas on April 13, 1982.[1]

In 1989, Grahmann was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas, Texas, and he became Bishop of Dallas on July 14, 1990.[2]

During his tenure, the scandal of Rudolph Kos, a pedophile priest of the Dallas Diocese, came up. Bishop Grahmann and his predecessor were held not to have investigated the allegations against Kos and of trying to cover things up. On July 10, 1998 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas settled their appeal of a $120 million court verdict and agreed to pay $23.4 million to eight former altar boys and the relatives of a ninth who had claimed they were sexually abused by Kos.[3] Bishop Grahmann issued a written apology when this settlement was announced, saying, "To the victims and their families, I once again want to apologize on behalf of the diocese. Based on what we know now, the decisions made concerning Rudy Kos were errors in human judgment. I regret very much what happened, and I am deeply sorry for your pain".[3]

On July 15, 2006, his 75th birthday, Grahmann offered the Vatican his letter of resignation as bishops are traditionally invited to do at that age.[4] He continued to serve until April 30, 2007, and his successor, former Washington, D.C. Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Farrell, was installed as the new Bishop on May 1, 2007.[5]

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

1. "Diocese of Victoria, United States". Giga-Catholic Information. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
2. "Diocese of Dallas, United States". GCatholic. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
3. Cropper, Carol Marie (July 11, 1998). "A Diocese Settles a Case Of Sex Abuse". The New York Times. New York City.
4. "Apostolorum Successores". Chapter IX, para. 225. Congregation for Bishops. 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
5. "The Sixth Bishop of Dallas". Diocese of Dallas. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-18.

External links

• Diocese of Dallas – Official Website

Episcopal succession