Charles Edwin Herzig
American priest and theologian
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| Intro | American priest and theologian | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Religious scholar Theologian Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Roman catholic church | |
| Birth | 14 August 1929, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 7 September 1991 (aged 62 years) |
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Monsignor Charles Edwin Herzig (August 14, 1929 – September 7, 1991) served as the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler, Texas.
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Born in San Antonio, Texas, the grandson of a Lutheran minister. Herzig was ordained to the priesthood on May 31, 1955.
On December 12, 1986, Herzig was named bishop of the newly created Diocese of Tyler, Texas, by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated on February 24, 1987 by Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores, assisted by Bishop Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe and Archbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan. His personal secretary was Michael Emile Mahfood.
Bishop Herzig died in office on September 7, 1991, of congestive heart failure.