Joseph Martin Sartoris

Styles of Joseph Martin Sartoris
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Joseph M. Sartoris (born July 1, 1927), is a retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Episcopacy

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.

Retirement

On December 31, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Bishop Sartoris, who had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.

Sources

• Auxiliary Bishops Archdiocese of Los Angeles Retrieved: 2010-05-03.

External links

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles|Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archdiocese of Los Angeles Retrieved: 2010-05-03.
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops News Release