- Dennis Joseph Sullivan
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Dennis Sullivan
Reference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Excellency Religious style Bishop Posthumous style not applicable Dennis Joseph Sullivan (born 1945) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York.
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Early life
Dennis Sullivan was born in the Bronx, New York, to John and Hanorah (née Hayes) Sullivan.[1] One of four children children, he has two brothers, Jack and Charlie, and one sister, Catherine.[1]
He attended Mount St. Michael Academy before entering Iona College, but left in his sophomore year to study for the priesthood at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers.[1] He earned a Bachelor's degree and a Master's in Divinity from St. Joseph's.[2]
Priesthood
Sullivan was ordained by Terence Cardinal Cooke on May 29, 1971,[3] and then sent to the Dominican Republic to learn Spanish, so as to better serve the Spanish-speaking Catholics of the Archdiocese of New York.[1] He spent three months in the Dominican Republic, where he "learned to speak Spanish very fast because nobody spoke English."[1]
Upon his return to the United States, Sullivan served as parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth's Parish in Washington Heights for five years.[1] He also served as parochial vicar at Ss. Philip and James Parish in the Bronx (1976–1981) and at Ascension Parish in New York City (1981–1982).[2] He was named pastor of St. Teresa's Parish on the Lower East Side in 1981, where he gained a degree of fluency in Chinese In 1999, he was raised to the rank of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness.[2] Then, in 2004, he became pastor of Ss. John and Paul Parish in Larchmont.
Sullivan was also a member of the Lower East Side Catholic Area Conference, Archdiocesan Priests' Council, and Archdiocesan Review Board for sexual abuse cases.[1]
Episcopal career
On June 28, 2004, Sullivan was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York and Titular Bishop of Enera by Pope John Paul II.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 21 from Edward Cardinal Egan, with Bishops Robert Brucato and Patrick Sheridan serving as co-consecrators.[3] He selected as his episcopal motto: "In the Breaking of the Bread".[1]
As an auxiliary bishop, Sullivan serves as one of the two vicar generals for the Archdiocese. He celebrated the funeral Mass of Rev. Richard John Neuhaus in January 2009.[4] Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he is a member of the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Island Affairs,[5] and sat on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Committee from 2005 to 2008.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h McDonnell, Claudia. "True Pastor". Catholic New York. http://www.cny.org/sv090204.htm.
- ^ a b c "Pope appoints auxiliary bishops for New York archdiocese". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2004/04-123.shtml.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Dennis Joseph Sullivan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsullid.html.
- ^ Palmo, Rocco (2009-01-09). "A Son's Tribute". Whispers in the Loggia. http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2009/01/sons-tribute.html.
- ^ "Asian and Pacific Island Affairs". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. http://www.usccb.org/apa/apa_subcommittee.shtml.
- ^ "New Members Named For Catholic Campaign for Human Development Committee, Which Will Meet June 15". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2005-06-13. http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2005/05-142.shtml.
Categories:- 1938 births
- Living people
- American Roman Catholic bishops
- Iona College (New York) alumni
- St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie alumni
- Roman Catholic titular bishops
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