Joseph Michael Sullivan

American priest

His Excellency Joseph Michael Sullivan
Titular Bishop of Suliana
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Suliana
In office	1980–2013
Predecessor	Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals
Successor	Vacant
Orders
Ordination	June 2, 1956
Consecration	October 24, 1980 by Francis John Mugavero
Personal details
Born	March 23, 1930 Brooklyn, New York
Died	June 7, 2013

Styles of Joseph M. Sullivan

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Ordination history of
Joseph Michael Sullivan

History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by	Francis John Mugavero
Date	November 24, 1980

Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Joseph Michael Sullivan as principal consecrator
Ignatius Anthony Catanello	August 22, 1994

Joseph Michael Sullivan (March 23, 1930 – June 7, 2013) was an American priest and later Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York in the Roman Catholic Church from 1980 to 2005.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Sullivan was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn on June 2, 1956. He was elected executive vice-president of the board of trustees of Catholic Charities USA in 1979.

Sullivan was appointed titular bishop of Suliana on October 4, 1980, and was consecrated bishop on November 24, 1980. As auxiliary, Bishop Sullivan held the titles of Vicar for Human Services and regional bishop for the 62 parishes of Brooklyn's West Vicariate. Sullivan served as chairman of the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens and of the Social Develop and World Peace department of the U.S. bishops' conference. In the late 1990s, Bishop Sullivan chaired an ad hoc committee to produce a pastoral letter on charity, with which he intended "to reclaim the meaning of charity."^[1]

Sullivan retired on May 12, 2005.^[2]

He died on June 7, 2013, from injuries sustained in an auto accident May 30, 2013.^[3]

References

^ Bishop Joseph Sullivan
^ Joseph Michael Sullivan
^ Retired Brooklyn Bishop Dies From Car Accident

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn 1980–2005	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Alfredo Ignacio Llaguno Canals	Roman Catholic Titular See of Suliana 1980–2013	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Bishops

Ordinaries: John Loughlin; Charles Edward McDonnell; Thomas Edmund Molloy; Bryan Joseph McEntegart; Francis Mugavero; Thomas Vose Daily; Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio; Robert J. Brennan

Auxiliary bishops: Gerald Barbarito; Anthony Bevilacqua; John Joseph Boardman; Frank Joseph Caggiano; Ignatius Anthony Catanello; Raymond Francis Chappetto; Octavio Cisneros; Joseph Peter Michael Denning; Raymond Augustine Kearney; Charles Richard Mulrooney; George Mundelein; Edmund Joseph Reilly; Paul Robert Sanchez; Guy Sansaricq; John J. Snyder; Joseph Michael Sullivan; René Arnold Valero

Bishops who served as priests in the diocese: Vincent DePaul Breen; Edward Bernard Scharfenberger

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Cathedral: Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn

Co-cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Brooklyn

Basilicas: Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn; Basilica of Regina Pacis, Brooklyn

Parishes: Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Blaise, Brooklyn; Church of the Holy Innocents, Brooklyn; Holy Cross Church, Queens; Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Queens; Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Our Lady of Victory Church, Brooklyn; Queen of All Saints Church, Brooklyn; St. Adalbert, Queens; St. Barbara's Church, Brooklyn; Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church, Queens; Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church, Brooklyn; St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn; St. Sebastian Church, Queens; St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Queens; Transfiguration, Queens; St. Matthias Church, Queens