Michael Sheehan (archbishop of Santa Fe)


Michael Jarboe Sheehan
Archbishop of Santa Fe
Sheehan in 2013
ArchdioceseSanta Fe
AppointedAugust 17, 1993
InstalledSeptember 21, 1993
Term endedApril 27, 2015
PredecessorRobert Fortune Sanchez
SuccessorJohn Charles Wester
Previous postBishop of Lubbock (1983–1993)
Orders
OrdinationJuly 12, 1964
ConsecrationJune 17, 1983
by Patrick Fernández Flores, Leroy Matthiesen, and Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe
Personal details
BornMichael Jarboe Sheehan
(1939-07-09)July 9, 1939
DiedJune 3, 2023(2023-06-03) (aged 83)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materAssumption Seminary
Pontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Lateran University
MottoLove 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 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.