Background
Michael Sheridan was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, to John and Bernice (née Moore) Sheridan, and studied at Saint Louis University High.
Michael Sheridan was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, to John and Bernice (née Moore) Sheridan, and studied at Saint Louis University High.
Graduate, Cardinal Glennon College. Graduate, Kenrick Seminary.
He is the second and current Bishop of Colorado Springs. He was ordained to the priesthood by John Cardinal Carberry on May 29, 1971, and then did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. He also taught on the theological faculty of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.
Bishop of Colorado Springs.
On July 8, 1997, Sheridan was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis and Titular Bishop of Thibiuca by Pope John Paul World War II He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 3 from then-Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali, with Bishops Edward Joseph O"Donnell and Edward Kenneth Braxton serving as co-consecrators. He chose as his episcopal motto: "Virtus in infirmitate perficitur" (2 Cor 12:9, meaning, "Strength is made perfect in weakness").
Sheridan was named Coadjutor Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on December 4, 2001, later succeeding Richard Hanifen as the second Bishop of Colorado Springs upon the latter"s resignation on January 30, 2003. Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Sheridan sits on the Committee on Education.
Sheridan excited controversy in 2004 when he said any Catholic who does not reflect church teaching in the voting booth "makes a mockery of that faith and belies his identity as a Catholic," a remark widely held to refer to supporters of John Kerry, though the bishop stated "the church never directs citizens to vote for any specific candidate." The directive was reported to be the first in the nation "that would apply to voters the same controversial sanctions proposed by some bishops against abortion-rights Catholic politicians..also one of the most drastic—equating a particular vote with sinful activity.".
Quotations: "the church never directs citizens to vote for any specific candidate.".
He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, of the Board of Directors of Catholic Relief Services, of the International Dominican Foundation, and of the Kenrick Seminary Board of Trustees.