Raymond Alphonse Lucker
Raymond Alphonse Lucker (February 24, 1927-September 19, 2001) was the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm, in New Ulm, Minnesota.[1]
He was the son of Alphonse J. Lucker and Josephine Schiltgen Lucker Mayer, and the third child in a family of six children. He grew up on the east side of St. Paul, MN. As a child, he attended Sacred Heart Grade School and Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary, St. Paul. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Lucker was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 7, 1952, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
In his first post he served as assistant director of the Office of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, from June 1952 to Feb. 1958, at which time he was named director. He held this position until Sept. 11, 1964, when he was sent to pursue graduate studies. He earned a doctorate in sacred theology from the University of St. Thomas in Rome. Lucker participated in the Second Vatican Council, an experience that guided his pastoral ministry and leadership throughout his ministry. After earning his doctorate, he returned to the Archdiocese and was named assistant superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese. In 1965 he became superintendent, and continued in this position until Jan. 1969. During this span, he completed a doctorate (PhD) in education at the University of Minnesota. It was during this time Pope Paul VI named Raymond Lucker an honorary prelate (monsignor). He was named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and titular bishop of meta in July 1971.
Lucker was ordained a bishop on Sept. 8, 1971, on the Feast of the Nativity of Mary. Along with his duties as an auxiliary bishop, he was named pastor of the Church of St. Austin, Minneapolis. He remained pastor there until July 1974. He was then named the pastor of the Church of the Assumption of Mary, St. Paul.
On December 23, 1975, Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Lucker the Bishop of the New Ulm Diocese.[2] He was installed as the second Bishop of New Ulm, Feb. 19, 1976, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm, and remained in that position for 25 years.
On November 17, 2000, Bishop Lucker retired due to ill health. Bishop Lucker was granted an early retirement Nov. 17, 2000, upon learning that he was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. He died in St. Paul, and was buried in New Ulm.[3]
Notes
- ^ Most Reverand Raymond A. Lucker S.T.D. dnu.org
- ^ Bishop Raymond Alfonse Lucker catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ Retired Bishop of New Ulm Dies at age 74 dnu.org
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