Most Rev. Michael J. Sheridan, S.T.D. Bishop of Colorado Springs, CO
Bishop Michael John
Sheridan was born in St. Louis, MO on March 4, 1945. He
was ordained as a diocesan priest by Cardinal John J.
Carberry on May 29, 1971. On September 3, 1997 Bishop
Sheridan was ordained as an auxiliary bishop of St.
Louis by Archbishop Justin Rigali. On December 4, 2001
Bishop Sheridan was appointed coadjutor bishop of
Colorado Springs and became the bishop of the diocese on
January 30, 2003.
Bishop Sheridan has received several graduate degrees in
theology, including a Doctorate of Sacred Theology from
the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas [Angelicum]
in Rome. In addition to serving as a parochial vicar and
pastor of several parishes in the Archdiocese of St.
Louis, Bishop Sheridan taught on the theological faculty
of Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis.
Currently he is a member of the Board of Governors of
the North American College in Rome, a member of the
Board of Directors of Catholic Relief Services, and a
member of the Committee on Education of the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He is also a
member of the International Dominican Foundation and a
member of Kenrick/Glennon Seminary Board of Trustees.
In a pastoral letter to the faithful in his diocese of
Colorado Springs back on May 1, 2004, Bishop Sheridan
issued a pastoral letter on the
duties of Catholic politicians and voters.
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