Charles Daniel White was an American

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 prelate

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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. He served as Bishop of Spokane

Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane

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 from 1927 until his death in 1955.

Biography

Charles White was born in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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, Michigan

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, to Patrick and Catherine (née Bolger) White. He attended St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin

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, before completing his studies at the Urban College of Propaganda

Pontifical Urbaniana University

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 in Rome

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, from where he earned a Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 (1907) and S.T.D.

Doctor of Sacred Theology

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 (1911). He was ordained

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 to the priesthood

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 on September 24, 1910. Returning to Michigan, he served as professor

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 (1911-1919) and rector

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 (1919-1927) at St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary in Grand Rapids. He also served as a curate

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 at St. Andrew's Cathedral

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 (1911-1918) and was named a Domestic Prelate

Monsignor

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 in 1925.

On December 20, 1926, White was appointed the second Bishop of Spokane

Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane

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, Washington, by Pope Pius XI

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. He received his episcopal

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 consecration

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 on February 24, 1927 from Bishop Joseph G. Pinten

Joseph G. Pinten

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, with Bishops Samuel Stritch and Alphonse John Smith

Alphonse John Smith

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 serving as co-consecrators

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. He was installed

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 on the following March 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes. During his 28-year-long tenure, he built St. Anthony School and convent, Sacred Heart School and convent, Sisters of the Good Shepherd Home, Marycliff High School for Girls, St. Charles Parish, St. Joseph Parish in Trentwood

Trentwood, Washington

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, and St. John Vianney Parish in Spokane. In the Inland Northwest

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, he built the Grand Coulee Dam Parish, the nurses' home and school in Colfax

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, Tonasket Hospital, and for the Native American

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s, St. Gertrude Parish in Monse and St. Jude in Usk

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. He also established the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine

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and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in the diocese.

White later died at age 76.