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Gilbert Sheldon (Bishop of Steubenville)

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon
Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville
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Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon in 1998
Archdiocese Cincinnati
Diocese Steubenville
Appointed January 28, 1992
Installed April 2, 1992
Term ended May 31, 2002
Predecessor Albert Henry Ottenweller
Successor Robert Daniel Conlon
Orders
Ordination February 28, 1953
by Edward Francis Hoban
Consecration June 11, 1976
by James Aloysius Hickey, Joseph Bernardin, and Clarence George Issenmann
Personal details
Born (1926-09-20) September 20, 1926 (age 90)
Cleveland, Ohio
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland
Motto Fortes in fide
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Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon (born September 20, 1926) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the third Bishop of Steubenville between 1992 and 2002, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland from 1976 to 1992.

Sheldon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of 12 children of Ignatius Peter and Stephania Josephine (née Olszewski) Solinski-Sheldon. He received his early education at the parochial school of St. Phillip Neri Church, and then attended Cathedral Latin High School. He studied at John Carroll University before beginning his studies for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary and Graduate School of Theology, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. He also earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Ohio Consortium of Seminaries.

Sheldon was ordained a priest by Archbishop Edward F. Hoban on February 28, 1953. Between 1953 and 1964, he served as an associate pastor at St. Rose's Church in Cleveland, St. Clare's Church in Lyndhurst, and SS. Philip and James Church in Cleveland. He was diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1964 to 1974.


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