| LC control no. | no 00088147 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Esterka, Peter |
| Variant(s) | Esterka, Petr |
| Associated country | Czech Republic United States |
| Associated place | Rome (Italy) Saint Paul (Minn.) |
| Located | Placentia (Calif) |
| Birth date | 1935-11-14 |
| Death date | 2021-08-10 |
| Place of birth | Dolni Bojanovice (Czech Republic) |
| Place of death | California |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church College of St. Catherine United States. Air Force |
| Profession or occupation | Priests Bishops Military chaplains--Catholic Church University and college faculty members |
| Found in | Never say Comrade, 1967: t.p. (Peter Esterka) Rozhodni se pro risk, 2007: t.p. (Petr Esterka) cover p. 4 (Mons. ThDr.; b. 1935) 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/> 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) |
| Associated language | eng cze |
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