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The Venerable Fulton John Sheen
Archbishop (personal title), Bishop emeritus of Rochester

See	Rochester
Appointed	October 21, 1966
Term ended	October 6, 1969
Predecessor	James Edward Kearney
Successor	Joseph Lloyd Hogan
Other posts	Titular Archbishop of Neoportus
Orders
Ordination	September 20, 1919 by Edmund M. Dunne
Consecration	June 11, 1951 by Adeodato Giovanni Piazza
Personal details
Birth name	Peter John Sheen
Born	(1895-05-08)May 8, 1895 El Paso, Illinois,United States of America
Died	December 9, 1979(1979-12-09) (aged 84) New York City, New York, United States of America
Buried	St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, U.S.A.
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1951–1966) Titular Bishop of Caesariana (1951–1966)
Alma mater	St. Viator College St. Paul Seminary Catholic University of America Catholic University of Leuven Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto	Da per matrem me venire (English: Grant that I may come [to You] through the mother [Mary])
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Sainthood
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Venerable
Attributes	Archbishop's attire

Ordination history of Fulton J. Sheen
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	September 20, 1919
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Adeodato Giovanni Card. Piazza OCD (Sec. Sacr. Cons. Cong.)
Co-consecrators	Martin John O'Connor (Pres. Pont. Cons. Comm. Soc.) Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris (Sacr. Cong. Prop. Fide Apos. Nunc. em.)
Date of consecration	June 11, 1951
Bishops consecrated by Fulton J. Sheen as principal consecrator
Joseph B. Houlihan SPS	November 20, 1960

Styles of Fulton J. Sheen

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Your Excellency
Posthumous style	Venerable

Venerable Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop (later archbishop) of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. His cause for canonization as a saint was officially opened in 2002. In June 2012, Pope Benedict XVI officially recognized a decree from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints stating that he lived a life of "heroic virtues" – a major step towards beatification – so he is now referred to as "Venerable."

Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in 1919, Sheen quickly became a renowned theologian, earning the Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy in 1923. He went on to teach theology and philosophy at The Catholic University of America as well as acting as a parish priest before being appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1951. He held this position until 1966 when he was made the Bishop of Rochester from October 21, 1966, to October 6, 1969, when he resigned and was made the Archbishop of the Titular See of Newport, Wales.

For 20 years as Father Sheen, later Monsignor, hosted the night-time radio program The Catholic Hour (1930–1950) before moving to television and presenting Life Is Worth Living (1951–1957). Sheen's final presenting role was on the syndicated The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–1968) with a format very similar to that of the earlier Life is Worth Living show. For this work, Sheen twice won an Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Television Personality, and was featured on the cover of Time Magazine. Starting in 2009, his shows were being re-broadcast on the EWTN and the Trinity Broadcasting Network's Church Channel cable networks. Due to his contribution to televised preaching Sheen is often referred to as one of the first televangelists.

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