Background
Sartoris, Joseph Martin was born on July 1, 1927 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Sartoris, Joseph Martin was born on July 1, 1927 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
He studied at Saint John"s Seminary in Camarillo, California, and was ordained a priest of the Los Angeles Archdiocese on May 30, 1953.
Sartoris is a native of Los Angeles, California. On February 8, 1994, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Titular Bishop of Oliva and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Los Angeles He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Roger Mahony on May 19, 1994 and led the Archdiocese"s San Pedro Pastoral Region from 1994 to 2002.
On December 31, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Bishop Sartoris, who had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.