Michael John Sheridan
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Michael John Sheridan |
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| Bishop of Colorado Springs | |
| Archdiocese | Denver |
| Diocese | Colorado Springs |
| Appointed | December 4, 2001 |
| Installed | January 30, 2003 |
| Predecessor | Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 29,, 1971 by John Carberry |
| Consecration | September 3,, 1997 by Justin Francis Rigali, Edward Joseph O'Donnell, and Edward Braxton |
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| Born |
March 4, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis |
| Motto | VIRTUS IN INFIRMITATE PERFICITUR |
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Styles of Michael John Sheridan |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Michael John Sheridan (born March 4, 1945) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Bishop of Colorado Springs.
Michael Sheridan was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and Bernice (née Moore) Sheridan, and studied at St. Louis University High.
He was ordained to the priesthood by John Cardinal Carberry on May 29, 1971, and then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. He also taught on the theological faculty of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.
In 1980 he earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome with a dissertation entitled The Theology of the Local Church in Vatican II. Bishop of Colorado Springs.
On July 8, 1997, Sheridan was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis and Titular Bishop of Thibiuca by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 3 from then-Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali, with Bishops Edward Joseph O'Donnell and Edward Kenneth Braxton serving as co-consecrators. He chose as his episcopal motto: "Virtus in infirmitate perficitur" (2 Cor 12:9, meaning, "Strength is made perfect in weakness").
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