Eusebius J. Beltran

[1] Most notable among his charity work were his efforts to assist persons in need, including unwed mothers, HIV/AIDS victims, homeless families, and women who had just been released from prison.

[1] In 1999, Reverend James Francis Rapp was arrested and pleaded no contest to sexually abusing two boys in Duncan, Oklahoma.

Beltran received medical documents and psychiatric evaluations of Rapp that advised the priest should not be allowed to work with children.

[2] In 2009, Beltran expressed his opposition to President Barack Obama giving the commencement speech at and receiving an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, saying, "President Obama, by word and action, has approved of abortion and other atrocities against human life.

"[3] Upon reaching his 75th birthday in 2009, Beltran submitted to the Vatican a letter of resignation as archbishop of Oklahoma City, as required by Catholic canon law.

His request was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on December 16, 2010, during a press conference at which his successor, Bishop Paul Stagg Coakley of the Diocese of Salina, Kansas, was introduced.