Background
Sheehan, Michael Jarboe was born on July 9, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of John Edward and Mildred (Jarboe) Sheehan.
Sheehan, Michael Jarboe was born on July 9, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of John Edward and Mildred (Jarboe) Sheehan.
He attended both Saint John"s High School Seminary and Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, Texas.
He previously was the Bishop of Lubbock from 1983 to 1993. He then furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1965. Sheehan was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on July 12, 1964.
Upon his return to the United States, he served as parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish in Tyler from 1965 to 1968.
Returning to Rome, he earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1971. Sheehan served as Assistant General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference from 1971 to 1976, and as rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas from 1976 to 1982.
In 1982, he was named pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Grand Prairie. Bishop of Lubbock On March 25, 1983, Sheehan was appointed the founding Bishop of Lubbock by Pope John Paul World War II He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 17 from Archbishop Patrick Flores, with Bishops Leroy Matthiesen and Thomas Tschoepe serving as co-consecrators.
He selected as his episcopal motto: "Love One Another Constantly." Following the resignation of Robert Sanchez, he became Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe on April 6, 1993.
Archbishop of Santa Fe Sheehan was later named the eleventh Archbishop of Santa Fe on August 17, 1993. He was formally installed as Archbishop on September 21 of that year. Sheehan became Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Phoenix on June 18, 2003, after Thomas J. O"Brien resigned in disgrace.
He resigned as Apostolic Administrator upon the installation of a fellow Kansan, Thomas J. Olmsted, on the following December 20.
In addition to his native English, he speaks Italian and Spanish. Pro-choice politicians at Catholic universities.
In August 2009, he decried the attacks by some of his fellow bishops on the University of Notre Dame for having President Barack Obama deliver its commencement speech and receive an honorary degree. Sheehan also said the Catholic community risks isolating itself from the rest of the country and that refusing to talk to a politician or refusing Communion because of a difference on a single issue was counterproductive.
Sheehan has been an outspoken opponent of cohabitation and its effects on marriage. He has released letters to his archdiocese in regards to both cohabitation. and its effects on children.
Trustee St. Mary Hospital, Lubbock, Texas, 1983—1989, Catholic Relief Services, since 1992. Member of Serra Club (chaplain 1983-1993, chairman NCCB committee on Evangelization 1996-1999, NCCB administrative committee Washington).