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'''Raymond Leo Burke''' is the former Archbishop of [[St. Louis]] who currently serves as the highest ranking American clergyman in the Catholic Church, holding a position in the [[Vatican]] that is comparable to the Chief Justice of the United States.

'''Raymond Leo Burke''' is the former Archbishop of [[St. Louis]] who currently serves as the highest ranking American clergyman in the Catholic Church, holding a position in the [[Vatican]] that is comparable to the Chief Justice of the United States.

He is a strong advocate of moral principles, such as [[pro-life]] and traditional [[marriage]].

He is a strong advocate of moral principles, such as [[pro-life]] and traditional marriage.

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

Fr. Burke was born June 30, 1948 in Richland Center, [[Wisconsin]] to Thomas and Marie Burke. He attended elementary school at St. Mary School in Richland Center,  secondary school at St. Joseph School in Stratford and high school at Holy Cross Seminary in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Burke attended college at Catholic University of America in [[Washington, D.C.]] He studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained to the priesthood by [[Pope Paul VI]] on June 29, 1975, at the Basilica of St. Peter. <ref>[http://www.mariancatechist.com/html/general/archbishopburkespage.htm Archbishop Burke’s Page] Marian Catechist</ref> Fr. Burke returned to Wisconsin as associate rector of the Cathedral of St. Joseph and teacher of religion at Aquinas High School in La Crosse. In 1980, Father Burke returned to Rome to study Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 1989, [[Pope John Paul II]] named him Defender of the Bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the first American to hold this position on the Church’s highest court. Bishop Burke was ordained to the episcopacy by Pope John Paul II on January 6, 1995, at the Basilica of St. Peter and became Bishop for the Diocese of La Crosse on February 22, 1995.

Fr. Burke was born June 30, 1948 in Richland Center, [[Wisconsin]] to Thomas and Marie Burke. He attended elementary school at St. Mary School in Richland Center,  secondary school at St. Joseph School in Stratford and high school at Holy Cross Seminary in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Burke attended college at Catholic University of America in Washington. He studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained to the priesthood by [[Pope Paul VI]] on June 29, 1975, at the Basilica of St. Peter. <ref>[http://www.mariancatechist.com/html/general/archbishopburkespage.htm Archbishop Burke’s Page] Marian Catechist</ref> Fr. Burke returned to Wisconsin as associate rector of the Cathedral of St. Joseph and teacher of religion at Aquinas High School in La Crosse. In 1980, Father Burke returned to Rome to study Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 1989, [[Pope John Paul II]] named him Defender of the Bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the first American to hold this position on the Church’s highest court. Bishop Burke was ordained to the episcopacy by Pope John Paul II on January 6, 1995, at the Basilica of St. Peter and became Bishop for the Diocese of La Crosse on February 22, 1995.

==Bishop Burke==

==Bishop Burke==

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