Eusebius J. Beltran
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Joseph Beltran (born August 31, 1934) is an American prelate.
He served as Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from 1993 to 2010, and is now Archbishop emeritus.
Beltran served as the Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1978 to 1992, prior to his arrival in Oklahoma City. Beltran was ordained in 1960 and spent pastoral and curial service in Atlanta's Archdiocese until 1978.
He marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 as part of the civil rights movement.
Early life and ministry
Eusebius Beltran was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Helen (née Kozlowski) Beltran. His father, a Spanish immigrant and coal miner who died of black lung disease later in life, died of black lung disease. Beltran's fifth child has two siblings who joined the faith as well; one brother became a priest, and one sister became a nun; one brother also became a priest, and one sister became a nun, and one sister became a missionary in Liberia. He was born in Wilkes Barre and attended Marymount College. Joseph was his confirmation name.
Beltran's father later moved the family to Georgia in search of work. Following his high school graduation, he became a seminarian for the Diocese of Savannah. Beltran has been in Pennsylvania for eight years after attending the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook. Bishop Francis Hyland ordained him to the priesthood in the Diocese of Atlanta, which had existed in 1956. Beltran served in the Atlanta diocese from 1962 to 1978 (raised to the archdiocese in 1962). During the civil rights movement, he appeared in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965.
Episcopal career
Pope Paul VI elected Beltran Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 28, 1978. Archbishop Charles Salatka ordained him on April 20 with Archbishop Thomas Donnellan and Bishop Andrew McDonald as co-consecrators. Helen, his mother, died within minutes.
His charity efforts were particularly noteworthy: his attempts to help those in need, including unwed mothers, AIDS victims, unborn children, homeless families, and women who had just been released from jail.
By Pope John Paul II, Beltran was elevated to the position of Archbishop of Oklahoma City on November 24, 1992. He was first installed on January 22, 1993. Beltran continues to do charitable work. Beltran, the Archbishop of Oklahoma City, is also the official publisher of the Sooner Catholic, a bi-monthly newspaper that provides news and other details to Catholics living in Oklahoma. During Beltran's reign, his sermons were published in every issue of the newspaper.
He protested President Barack Obama's commencement address and receiving an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2009, saying, "President Obama has approved abortion and other crimes against human life." He deserves no recognition at a Catholic school, therefore."
Beltran resigned in 2009 after reaching his 75th birthday, as required by Catholic canon law. On December 16, 2010, his request was accepted during a press conference at which his successor, Bishop Paul Stagg Coakley of the Diocese of Salina, Kansas, was confirmed. On February 11, 2011, the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, Archbishop Coakley was held.