Robert James Carlson | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of St. Louis | |
 Archbishop Carlson exits the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis – 2010. | |
| Church | Catholic |
| See | Saint Louis |
| Appointed | April 21, 2009 |
| Installed | June 10, 2009 |
| Retired | June 10, 2020 |
| Predecessor | Raymond Leo Burke |
| Successor | Mitchell T. Rozanski |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 23, 1970 by Leo Binz |
| Consecration | January 11, 1984 by John Robert Roach, John Francis Kinney, and Paul Vincent Dudley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 30, 1944 |
| Alma mater | Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary Saint Paul Seminary Catholic University of America School of Canon Law |
| Motto | Ante crucem nihil defensionis (Before the cross, there is no defense) |
| Styles of Robert James Carlson | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Robert James Carlson (born June 30, 1944) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the ninth archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri from 2009 to 2020.
Carlson previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota (1983–1994), as bishop of the Diocese of Sioux Falls in South Dakota (1995–2004), and as bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw in Michigan (2004-2009).