Oklahoma Bishop Emeritus Slattery, ‘man of deep faith,’ passes away at 84

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Bishop Emeritus Edward Slattery of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma, passed away at age 84 on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. | Credit: Diocese of Tulsa

Edward Slattery, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma, passed away at age 84 on Friday following a series of debilitating strokes, diocesan officials said.

“Bishop Slattery was a man of deep faith who knew that death would bring him to his Lord,” Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma Bishop David Konderla said in a Saturday statement. “I was blessed to follow in his footsteps in the diocese and will remember him with fondness and prayer.”

Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Peter Wells, who grew up in Oklahoma and was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Tulsa in 1991, shared that he was “deeply saddened” by Slattery’s passing.

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Oklahoma Bishop Emeritus Edward Slattery passes away at 84

“Bishop Slattery was a man of deep faith who knew that death would bring him to his Lord,” Tulsa Bishop David Konderla said in a Saturday statement.

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May he rest in the peace of Christ

 

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Bishop Emeritus Edward Slattery of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma, passed away at age 84 on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. | Credit: Diocese of Tulsa

Edward Slattery, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma, passed away at age 84 on Friday following a series of debilitating strokes, diocesan officials said.

“Bishop Slattery was a man of deep faith who knew that death would bring him to his Lord,” Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma Bishop David Konderla said in a Saturday statement. “I was blessed to follow in his footsteps in the diocese and will remember him with fondness and prayer.”

Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Peter Wells, who grew up in Oklahoma and was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Tulsa in 1991, shared that he was “deeply saddened” by Slattery’s passing.

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Oklahoma Bishop Emeritus Edward Slattery passes away at 84

“Bishop Slattery was a man of deep faith who knew that death would bring him to his Lord,” Tulsa Bishop David Konderla said in a Saturday statement.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

I listened on Friday to the outstanding homily he gave a few years ago at the National Basilica. It's well worth finding. Fr Z clued me in and advised that Slattery was on death's door and could use some prayers.