Michael Joseph Bransfield
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Michael Joseph Bransfield |
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| Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston | |
| Archdiocese | Baltimore |
| Diocese | Wheeling-Charleston |
| Appointed | December 9, 2004 |
| Installed | February 22, 2005 |
| Predecessor | Bernard William Schmitt |
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| Ordination | May 15, 1971 by John Krol |
| Consecration | February 22, 2005 by William Henry Keeler, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, and Bernard William Schmitt |
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| Born |
September 8, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Motto | THY WILL BE DONE |
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Styles of Michael Joseph Bransfield |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Michael Joseph Bransfield (born September 8, 1943) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who currently serves as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia.
Michael Bransfield was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended St. Bridget’s Grade School, St. John the Baptist High School and Roman Catholic High School for Boys.
From St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Master's degree in Divinity.
Bransfield was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal John Krol on May 15, 1971, and then did pastoral work in Huntingdon Valley until 1973. He earned his Master's in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., in 1973, and then worked as a teacher, chaplain, and Chairman of the Religion Department at Lansdale Catholic High School.
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