{{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Charles Edwin Herzig | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Tyler | image = Charles Edwin Herzig.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Diocese of Tyler | elected = <!-- or | appointed = --> | term = February 24, 1987 to<br>September 7, 1991 | successor = Edmond Carmody | other_post = <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = May 31, 1955 | ordained_by = Robert Emmet Lucey | consecration = December 12, 1986 | consecrated_by = Patrick Fernández Flores | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|08|14}} | baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered --> | birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|09|07|1929|08|14}} | death_place = <!-- as birth_place --> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | religion = | residence = | parents = | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | coat_of_arms = }} '''Charles Edwin Herzig''' (August 14, 1929 &ndash; September 7, 1991) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Tyler in Texas from 1987 until his death in 1991.

==Biography==

=== Early life === Charles Herzig was born on August 14, 1929, in San Antonio, Texas. The grandson of a Lutheran minister, Herzig was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Galveston by Archbishop Robert Lucey on May 31, 1955.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bherzig.html|title=Bishop Charles Edwin Herzig [Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2016-11-08}}</ref>

=== Bishop of Tyler === On December 12, 1986, Herzig was named bishop of the newly created Diocese of Tyler by Pope John Paul II.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=- REV. CHARLES E. HERZIG |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-09-11-9109110214-story.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref> Herzig was consecrated at the Oil Palace in Tyler, Texas, on February 24, 1987, by Archbishop Patrick Flores, assisted by Bishop Thomas Tschoepe and Archbishop Michael Sheehan.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Diocese |url=https://www.dioceseoftyler.org/our-diocese/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=The Catholic Diocese of Tyler |language=en-US}}</ref> His personal secretary was Michael Emile Mahfood.

Charles Herzig died of cancer on September 7, 1991, at age 62.<ref name=":1" /> The Bishop Charles E. Herzig Humanitarian Award is given out annually by the diocese.

==See also== {{Portal|Catholicism}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Catholic Church hierarchy * Catholic Church in the United States * Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States * List of Catholic bishops of the United States * Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops {{div col end}} <!-- please keep entries in alphabetical order -->

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== External links == *[http://www.dioceseoftyler.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler] ==Episcopal succession== {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | title=Bishop of Tyler | before= none | years=1992-2000 | after=Edmond Carmody }} {{s-end}}

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