Michael Sheehan (archbishop of Santa Fe)


Michael Jarboe Sheehan
Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe
Archbishop Sheehan in 2013
ArchdioceseSanta Fe
AppointedApril 6, 1993 (Administrator)
InstalledSeptember 21, 1993
Term endedApril 27, 2015
PredecessorRobert Fortune Sanchez
SuccessorJohn Charles Wester
Previous post(s)Bishop of Lubbock (1983–1993)
Orders
OrdinationJuly 12, 1964
by Martin John O’Connor
ConsecrationJune 17, 1983
by Patrick Fernández Flores, Leroy Matthiesen, and Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe
Personal details
Born
Michael Jarboe Sheehan

(1939-07-09)July 9, 1939
DiedJune 3, 2023(2023-06-03) (aged 83)
NationalityAmerican
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
Motto"Love one another constantly"
Styles of
Michael Jarboe Sheehan
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Michael Jarboe Sheehan (July 9, 1939 – June 3, 2023) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church[1] who served as the eleventh archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico from 1993 to 2015. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Lubbock in Texas from 1983 to 1993.