Joseph Michael Sullivan

His Excellency
Joseph Michael Sullivan
Titular Bishop of Suliana
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Titular See of Suliana
In office 1980 - 2013
Predecessor Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals
Successor Vacant
Orders
Ordination June 2, 1956
Consecration October 24, 1980
by Francis John Mugavero
Personal details
Born March 23, 1930
Brooklyn, New York
Died June 7, 2013
Styles of
Joseph M. Sullivan
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style not applicable

Joseph Michael Sullivan (March 23, 1930 – June 7, 2013) was an American priest and later Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York in the Roman Catholic Church from 1980 to 2005.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Sullivan was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn on June 2, 1956. He was elected executive vice-president of the board of trustees of Catholic Charities USA in 1979.

Sullivan was appointed titular bishop of Suliana on October 4, 1980 and was consecrated bishop on November 24, 1980. As auxiliary, Bishop Sullivan held the titles of Vicar for Human Services and regional bishop for the 62 parishes of Brooklyn's West Vicariate. Sullivan served as chairman of the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens and of the Social Develop and World Peace department of the U.S. bishops' conference. In the late 1990s, Bishop Sullivan chaired an ad hoc committee to produce a pastoral letter on charity, with which he intended "to reclaim the meaning of charity."[1]

Sullivan retired on May 12, 2005.[2]

He died on June 7, 2013 from injuries sustained in an auto accident May 30, 2013.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bishop Joseph Sullivan
  2. ↑ Joseph Michael Sullivan
  3. ↑ Retired Brooklyn Bishop Dies From Car Accident
Episcopal lineage
Consecrated by: Francis John Mugavero
Consecrator of
Bishop Date of consecration
Ignatius Anthony Catanello August 22, 1994
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
–		 Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
1980 – 2005 		Succeeded by
–
Preceded by
Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals		 Roman Catholic Titular See of Suliana
1980–2013 		Succeeded by
–


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