His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Martin Sartoris |
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Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles Titular Bishop of Olivia |
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Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
Appointed | February 8, 1994 |
Installed | March 19, 1984 |
Term ended | December 31, 2002 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Olivia |
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Ordination | May 30, 1953 by James Francis McIntyre |
Consecration | March 19, 1984 by Roger Mahony, John Ward, and Armando Xavier Ochoa |
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Born |
Los Angeles, California |
July 1, 1927
Styles of Joseph Martin Sartoris |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph Martin Sartoris (born July 1, 1927), is a retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Joseph M. Sartoris is a native of Los Angeles, California. He studied at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, and was ordained a priest of the Los Angeles Archdiocese on May 30, 1953. On February 8, 1994, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Titular Bishop of Oliva and Auxiliary Bishop of 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.