Gilbert Sheldon (Bishop of Steubenville)

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Styles of Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon (born September 20, 1926) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the third Bishop of Steubenville between 1992 and 2002, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland from 1976 to 1992.

Early life and education

Sheldon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of 12 children of Ignatius Peter and Stephania Josephine (née Olszewski) Solinski-Sheldon.^[1] He received his early education at the parochial school of St. Phillip Neri Church, and then attended Cathedral Latin High School.^[1] He studied at John Carroll University before beginning his studies for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary and Graduate School of Theology, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree.^[1] He also earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Ohio Consortium of Seminaries.^[1]

Priesthood

Sheldon was ordained a priest by Archbishop Edward F. Hoban on February 28, 1953.^[2] Between 1953 and 1964, he served as an associate pastor at St. Rose's Church in Cleveland, St. Clare's Church in Lyndhurst, and SS. Philip and James Church in Cleveland.^[1] He was diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1964 to 1974.^[1]

From 1974 to 1976, Sheldon served as pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Oberlin and episcopal vicar of Lorain County.^[1] He also served as chaplain at Magnificat High School, for Serra West, and of the West Park Knights of Columbus.^[1] He was a notary and prosynodal judge for the diocesan tribunal, instructor at St. John's College, and member of the Board of Trustess for St. Mary's Seminary and for Borromeo College.^[1]

Episcopacy

Cleveland

On April 12, 1976, Sheldon was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland and Titular Bishop of Taparura by Pope Paul VI.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 11 from Bishop James A. Hickey, with Archbishop Joseph Bernardin and Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann serving as co-consecrators.^[2] As an auxiliary bishop, he was named vicar for Marriage and Family Concerns (1976) and vicar of Summit County (1978).^[1] In 1979, he became vicar of the Southern Region of the diocese, including Summit, Medina, Wayne, and Ashland Counties.^[3]

Sheldon was director of missions when the Diocese of Cleveland became the only Catholic diocese in the United States to sponsor a mission in El Salvador.^[3] That mission gained notice in the early 1980s when members of the Salvadoran National Guard abducted, raped, and killed two of its female members, Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missionary Jean Donovan, as well as two nuns from New York City.^[3] Sheldon faced public controversy in 1984 when he asserted authority over the Bread of Life Community, a religious group which was accused of cultlike practices.^[3] After an investigation, he chastised the group for unequal treatment of female members and for its doctrines; the group's official ecclesiastical authorization was withdrawn in 1985.^[3]

Steubenville

On January 28, 1992, Sheldon was appointed the Bishop of Steubenville by Pope John Paul II.^[2] As bishop, he presided over the newest and most sparsely populated of Ohio's six Catholic dioceses.^[3]

Later life

After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Sheldon resigned as Bishop of Steubenville on May 31, 2002.^[2] He was succeeded by Father Robert Daniel Conlon, a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Most Reverend Gilbert I. Sheldon". Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville.
1 2 3 4 5 "Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Haferd, Laura (1992-01-29). "NO MORE BISHOP; AKRON'S GILBERT SHELDON IS NAMED TO TAKE OVER STEUBENVILLE DIOCESE". Akron Beacon Journal.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Albert Henry Ottenweller	Bishop of Steubenville 1992–2002	Succeeded by Robert Daniel Conlon

Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville

Bishops	Anthony Mussio Albert Ottenweller Gilbert Sheldon Robert Conlon Jeffrey Monforton

Churches	Cathedral Holy Name Cathedral Basilica Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Marietta Parishes Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fulda St. Henry's Catholic Church, Harriettsville St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Morges

Education	Higher Education Franciscan University of Steubenville High Schools Catholic Central High School, Steubenville St. John Central High School, Bellaire Saint Joseph Central High School, Ironton

Other	Franciscan Sisters of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother

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Diocese of Cleveland

Bishops	Ordinaries Louis Amadeus Rappe Richard Gilmour Ignatius Frederick Horstmann John Patrick Farrelly Joseph Schrembs Edward Francis Hoban Clarence George Issenmann James Aloysius Hickey Anthony Michael Pilla Richard Lennon Auxiliaries Joseph Maria Koudelka James A. McFadden William Michael Cosgrove John Raphael Hagan Floyd Lawrence Begin John Krol Clarence Edward Elwell John Francis Whealon Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon Michael Joseph Murphy James Anthony Griffin James Patterson Lyke Anthony Edward Pevec Alexander James Quinn Martin John Amos Roger William Gries

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parishes Holy Rosary Church, Cleveland Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Cleveland St. Barbara Church, Cleveland St. Casimir Church, Cleveland St. Elizabeth's Magyar Church, Cleveland St. Michael the Archangel Church, Cleveland St. Paul's Church, Cleveland St. Peter Church, Cleveland Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus, Cleveland St. Stephen Church, Cleveland St. Vitus's Church, Cleveland St. Mary's Church, Elyria Immaculate Conception Church, Grafton St. Martin's Church, Valley City St. Patrick's Church, Wellington Former Parishes Annunciation Church, Cleveland Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Cleveland St. Joseph's Church, Cleveland St. Mary's on the Flats, Cleveland Transfiguration Church, Cleveland St. Ladislaus Church, Lorain

Higher Education	Colleges & University John Carroll University Notre Dame College Ursuline College Seminary Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology Former college St. John's College, Cleveland

Priests	Timothy P. Broglio John Francis Dearden Raymond Joseph Gallagher Louis de Goesbriand Paul John Hallinan Joseph Patrick Hurley Charles Hubert Le Blond Edward Aloysius Mooney Thomas Charles O'Reilly Michael Joseph Ready John Patrick Treacy

Miscellany	St. Joseph Convent and Academy Complex

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