From Charleston to Birmingham

The long wait has ended.

Bishop Baker was born in Willard, Ohio, June 4, 1944. From 1962 to 1970 he studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum where he earned an A.B. in Philosophy and a Master of Divinity degree in Theology, and was ordained a priest of the Toledo diocese, March 21, 1970. From 1972 to 1975 he studied in the graduate program at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned S.T.L and S.T.D. degrees. Bishop Baker served on the faculty of St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, and was pastor of the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine, Florida, and pastor of Christ the King Church in Jacksonville. Appointed Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina on July 13, 1999, he was ordained 12th bishop of Charleston, September 29, 1999. He is a member of the Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry and the Ad Hoc Committee on Stewardship. Bishop Baker will be installed as Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama on October 2, 2007.

What does the Ad Hoc Committee on Stewardship do exactly?