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nary, LOCAL NEWS I 5 DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER I DECEMBER 11, 2013 Jesuit scholar Father Oakes dies BY KEVIN J. JONES ST. LOUIS (CNA/EWTN News)—Catholic theologian-professor Father Edward T. Oakes, S.J., died in St. Louis Dec. 6, prompting his colleagues to remember his work in Christology, his wit, and his lasting effect on students. "Father Oakes was a unique scholar, largely because of his Jesuit background in classics, where he was able to really do theology within the full richness and the full texture of the Western intellectual tradition," Father Thomas Baima, vice-rector for academic affairs at Mundelein Seminary, told Catholic News Agency Dec. 6. "He was a very pleasant and gregarious personality. A little bit quirky, as scholars often are," the vice-rector continued. "I always thought him delightful. He had a great wit and was very interested in current events." Father Oakes, who was elected president of the Academy of Catholic Theology in 2013, had taught at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago from 2002 until October 2013, when he entered hospice care at Jesuit Hall in St. Louis. The Kansas City, Mo., native was 65. Father Baima said Father Oakes was best known for the "extraordinary amount of work" he did on the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th century. Father Oakes was involved in the ecumenical group Evangelicals and Catholics Together and was a major contributor to the ecumenical journal First Things. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1979. He taught at New York University and Regis University in Denver. He had served as a scholar in residence at Cambridge University and taught English, theater and drama at St. Louis University High School. He held a doctorate in theology from Union Theological Seminary, a bachelor's and master's degree in philosophy from St. Louis University and a master of divinity in Scripture from Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. His books include "Pattern of Redemption: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar" and "Infinity Dwindled to Infancy: A Catholic and Evangelical Christology." OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS Rev. Elbert Chilson, appointed pastor, St. Stephen Parish, Glenwood Springs, Colo., effective Jan. 1, 2014, for a six-year period. Deacon Edward Clements, reappointed deacon at St. Joseph Parish in Golden, Colo., effective Dec. 1, 2013. Msgr. Michael Glenn, granted permission to take a sabbatical to study at Christ in the Desert Monastery, Abiquiu, N.M., effective Dec. 12, 2013, until June 2014. Deacon Henry Concha, reappointed deacon at St. Cajetan Parish in Denver, Colo., effective Dec. 1, 2013, and appointed to Diaconate Personnel Board, effective Dec. 1, 2013 until Dec. 1, 2016. Rev. Scott Traynor, appointed rector of St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, Colo., effective Dec. 12, 2013, ad nutum archiepiscopi. The following is granted presbyteral faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver on the day of his ordination to his priesthood (Dec. 7) and appointed as follows: Deacon Joseph Lajoie, appointed parochial vicar, St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Aurora, Colo., effective Dec. 7, 2013, until Jan. 7, 2014, and appointed parochial vicar, St. Stephen Parish, Glenwood Springs, Colo., effective Jan. 8, 2014, for a three-year period. The following assignment by Rev. Rosendo Urrabazo, C.M.F., provincial superior, Claretian Missionaries-USA Province, Chicago, Ill., is confirmed by Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L. Rev. Michael Philen, C.M.F., granted presbyteral faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, effective immediately, until his ministry in the archdiocese is completed. He will be in residence at the Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, Colo. 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