Esterka, Peter
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- Esterka, Petr
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1935-11-14
Death Date
- 2021-08-10
Has Affiliation
- Organization:Catholic Church
Has Affiliation
- Organization:College of St. Catherine
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1974
- Affiliation End: 1995
- Organization:United States. Air Force
Descriptor
- Czech Americans
Birth Place
- Dolni Bojanovice (Czech Republic)
Associated Locale
- California
Associated Locale
- Czech Republic
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- Czech
Occupation
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Petr Esterka
Label from public data source Wikidata
Sources
- found:Never say Comrade, 1967:t.p. (Peter Esterka)
- found:Rozhodni se pro risk, 2007:t.p. (Petr Esterka) cover p. 4 (Mons. ThDr.; b. 1935)
- found:Bishop Peter Esterka biography on Česká katolická misie v Kalifornii web site, viewed July 17, 2018(Bishop Peter Esterka, S.T.D., born November 14, 1935, in Dolni Bojanovice, district of Hodonin in Czechoslovakia; escaped to Austria June 1957; studied philosophy and theology at Rome, earned doctorate from Lateran University; ordained as a priest March 9, 1963; served as assistant pastor in San Antonio, Texas; began teaching career in September 1967 at College of St. Catherine in Saint Paul, Minnesota; became a United States citizen in 1968; ordained a bishop in 2009 with responsibility for Czech Catholics living outside the Czech Republic; resides at the Velehrad California Czech Center in Placentia, California) -http://www.czechchurch.org/bishop-peter-esterka-s-t-d-biography/
- found:Hlasy národa, September 2021:page 15 (... Mons. ThDr. Petr Esterka; auxiliary bishop of Brno emeritus and and titular bishop of Cefala; died 10 August 2021 in California; emigrated to Austria in 1957; studied philosophy and theology at the Lateran University in Rome, 1957-1963; sent to USA as a pastor for Czechs in the Archdiocese of San Antonio in 1963; returned to Rome for further studies in 1966, earning a doctorate; returned to the United States in 1967, where he became a faculty member at St. Catherine's University in St. Paul, Minnesota; also served a a military chaplain in the United States Air Force, 1974-1995; named monsignor in 1987; ordained auxiliary bishop of Brno and titular bishop of Cefala in 1999, with responsibility for Czech Catholics in foreign countries; submitted resignation in 2010, which was accepted by Pope Francis in 2013)
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Change Notes
- 2000-10-28:new
- 2021-10-19:revised
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