Walter Francis Sullivan
Walter Francis Sullivan (born June 10, 1928 in Washington, DC , † December 11, 2012 in Richmond , Virginia ) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Richmond .
Life
Walter Sullivan grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He attended minor seminary and then entered St. Mary's seminary in Baltimore. He was ordained priestly in Richmond on May 9, 1953, and was a pastor at Roanoke and Fort Monroe, Hampton. In 1965 he became Chancellor of the Diocese of Richmond and adviser to Bishop John Joyce Russell .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on October 15, 1970 Titular Bishop of Selsea and Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond. Bishop John Joyce Russell donated him episcopal ordination on December 1, 1970 ; Co- consecrators were Ernest Leo Unterkoefler , Bishop of Charleston , and Joseph Howard Hodges , Bishop of Wheeling .
On June 4, 1974 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. was appointed Bishop of Richmond and inducted into office on July 19, 1974. On September 16, 2003, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
Act
Sullivan was an opponent of the Vietnam War. He used his bishopric for his peace activism at the national level and denounced the US nuclear weapons program, US military aid to El Salvador, the Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Sullivan's antiwar stance got him on the front cover of Rolling Stone in the 1970s. He founded the Virginia Holocaust Museum . In 1992 he opposed the lockout of homosexuals and lesbians from military service; since 1997 he has celebrated an annual fair for homosexuals and lesbians and founded an advisory board for sexual minorities.
For many years he was president of Pax Christi USA , a national Catholic peace movement.
Individual evidence
- ^ Former Bishop Sullivan dies from liver cancer
- ↑ Steven G. Vegh: "Catholic Bishop Walter F. Sullivan dies in Richmond" , Pilot.Online.com, accessed December 12, 2012 (English)
Web links
- Entry on Walter Francis Sullivan on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved February 7, 2012.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Joyce Russell |
Bishop of Richmond 1974–2003 |
Francis Xavier DiLorenzo |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sullivan, Walter Francis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sullivan; Walter F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Richmond |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2012 |
| Place of death | Richmond , Virginia |