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Robert Francis Christian, O.P. (December 2, 1948 – July 11, 2019) was an American prelate of the
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and served as auxiliary bishop for the
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Biography

Christian was a member of the
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. On June 4, 1976, Christian was ordained to the priesthood. This followed a long teaching career, mainly at the '' Angelicum'' in Rome.
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appointed Christian auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
on March 28, 2018. On June 5, 2018, Christian was consecrated as a bishop. The Archdiocese of San Francisco announced on January 14, 2019, that Christian had been appointed Rector-President of
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. He died in his sleep on July 11, 2019, at St. Patrick's Seminary in
Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County within the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; ...
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See also

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* 1948 births 2019 deaths Clergy from San Francisco 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Catholics from California Dominican bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Francis 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States St. Ignatius College Preparatory alumni {{US-RC-bishop-stub