Former Auxiliary for the Archdiocese of New York and Bishop of the Titular See of Cursola, Monsignor Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan was born on the upper West Side of Manhattan, to Patrick and Anne Sheridan, one of seven children, and grew up in Holy Name of Jesus parish on the West Side. He studied at Cathedral Prep and Cathedral College before entering St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie and was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francis Spellman at 25 years of age on March 1, 1947. After ordination, he was assigned for six months to St. James the Apostle parish in Carmel, before beginning studies for a master's degree in education at the University of Chicago.
He served a summer assignment at Holy Name parish in New Rochelle in 1948, then returned to Chicago to finish his degree. In 1949, he was assigned as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Victory parish in Manhattan and in 1956, served briefly at Corpus Christi, also Manhattan, before joining the Mission Band later that year.
The New York Apostolate Mission Band was a group of priests who toured the Archdiocese conducting missions. Sheridan was named leader of the group in 1965. In an interview with CNY in 1990, he called this assignment "the greatest experience in the world." In that interview, he told CNY that the Mission Band at that time were among the first to bring the documents of the Second Vatican Council to parishes in the Archdiocese. He was named a Monsignor in 1965. His first assignment as pastor was of Blessed Sacrament in Manhattan, starting in 1967.
Sheridan taught for a year at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. He served as episcopal vicar of Central Westchester and pastor of St. Joseph's in Bronxville from 1980 till 1985. He was episcopal vicar of the Northeast Bronx in the 1970's and was pastor of Holy Rosary.
At 68 years of age, Monsignor Sheridan was named Auxiliary for the Metropolitan See of New York by Pope John Paul II, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Cursola on December 12, 1990, from Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor, assisted by Bishops Patrick Vincent Ahern and Anthony Francis Mestice, who both predeceased Bishop Sheridan in 2011.
In 1993, he was named chancellor of the seminary system. He oversaw new faculty appointments, a reform of the curriculum and the institution of the year of spirituality before students began theological studies. Upon his appointment, he told the seminarians that they were preparing for a "joy-filled, demanding, challenging life."
In 1995, he played a key part in the planning for the visit of Pope John Paul II to New York and blessed Central Park's Great Lawn as the stage was being erected for the Mass.
Bishop Sheridan was honored with the Catholic Home Bureau's Humanitarian Award in 1998, for his priestly presence as educator, pastor and administrator. He received the Medal of Life Award from Pius XII Youth and Family Services in 1999, for his value and concern for human life as an inspiration to others. He was a member of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights of Malta. Cardinal Egan said once that Bishop Sheridan knew "every facet of the life of the Archdiocese" through his many assignments and positions of service.
When he wasn't performing his duties as a priest, Sheridan read biographies and mysteries, as well as works by and about St. John of the Cross.
Msgr. Sheridan passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011, aged 89. A wake was held on Tuesday, December 6, in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral, with retired Auxiliary Bishop Robert A. Brucato, offering Mass at 6 pm. Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrated Bishop Sheridan's funeral Mass on Wednesday, December 7, at 10.30 am., in St. Patrick's Cathedral, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, near his parents' gravesite.
He served a summer assignment at Holy Name parish in New Rochelle in 1948, then returned to Chicago to finish his degree. In 1949, he was assigned as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Victory parish in Manhattan and in 1956, served briefly at Corpus Christi, also Manhattan, before joining the Mission Band later that year.
The New York Apostolate Mission Band was a group of priests who toured the Archdiocese conducting missions. Sheridan was named leader of the group in 1965. In an interview with CNY in 1990, he called this assignment "the greatest experience in the world." In that interview, he told CNY that the Mission Band at that time were among the first to bring the documents of the Second Vatican Council to parishes in the Archdiocese. He was named a Monsignor in 1965. His first assignment as pastor was of Blessed Sacrament in Manhattan, starting in 1967.
Sheridan taught for a year at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. He served as episcopal vicar of Central Westchester and pastor of St. Joseph's in Bronxville from 1980 till 1985. He was episcopal vicar of the Northeast Bronx in the 1970's and was pastor of Holy Rosary.
At 68 years of age, Monsignor Sheridan was named Auxiliary for the Metropolitan See of New York by Pope John Paul II, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Cursola on December 12, 1990, from Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor, assisted by Bishops Patrick Vincent Ahern and Anthony Francis Mestice, who both predeceased Bishop Sheridan in 2011.
In 1993, he was named chancellor of the seminary system. He oversaw new faculty appointments, a reform of the curriculum and the institution of the year of spirituality before students began theological studies. Upon his appointment, he told the seminarians that they were preparing for a "joy-filled, demanding, challenging life."
In 1995, he played a key part in the planning for the visit of Pope John Paul II to New York and blessed Central Park's Great Lawn as the stage was being erected for the Mass.
Bishop Sheridan was honored with the Catholic Home Bureau's Humanitarian Award in 1998, for his priestly presence as educator, pastor and administrator. He received the Medal of Life Award from Pius XII Youth and Family Services in 1999, for his value and concern for human life as an inspiration to others. He was a member of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights of Malta. Cardinal Egan said once that Bishop Sheridan knew "every facet of the life of the Archdiocese" through his many assignments and positions of service.
When he wasn't performing his duties as a priest, Sheridan read biographies and mysteries, as well as works by and about St. John of the Cross.
Msgr. Sheridan passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011, aged 89. A wake was held on Tuesday, December 6, in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral, with retired Auxiliary Bishop Robert A. Brucato, offering Mass at 6 pm. Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrated Bishop Sheridan's funeral Mass on Wednesday, December 7, at 10.30 am., in St. Patrick's Cathedral, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, near his parents' gravesite.
Former Auxiliary for the Archdiocese of New York and Bishop of the Titular See of Cursola, Monsignor Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan was born on the upper West Side of Manhattan, to Patrick and Anne Sheridan, one of seven children, and grew up in Holy Name of Jesus parish on the West Side. He studied at Cathedral Prep and Cathedral College before entering St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie and was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francis Spellman at 25 years of age on March 1, 1947. After ordination, he was assigned for six months to St. James the Apostle parish in Carmel, before beginning studies for a master's degree in education at the University of Chicago.
He served a summer assignment at Holy Name parish in New Rochelle in 1948, then returned to Chicago to finish his degree. In 1949, he was assigned as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Victory parish in Manhattan and in 1956, served briefly at Corpus Christi, also Manhattan, before joining the Mission Band later that year.
The New York Apostolate Mission Band was a group of priests who toured the Archdiocese conducting missions. Sheridan was named leader of the group in 1965. In an interview with CNY in 1990, he called this assignment "the greatest experience in the world." In that interview, he told CNY that the Mission Band at that time were among the first to bring the documents of the Second Vatican Council to parishes in the Archdiocese. He was named a Monsignor in 1965. His first assignment as pastor was of Blessed Sacrament in Manhattan, starting in 1967.
Sheridan taught for a year at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. He served as episcopal vicar of Central Westchester and pastor of St. Joseph's in Bronxville from 1980 till 1985. He was episcopal vicar of the Northeast Bronx in the 1970's and was pastor of Holy Rosary.
At 68 years of age, Monsignor Sheridan was named Auxiliary for the Metropolitan See of New York by Pope John Paul II, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Cursola on December 12, 1990, from Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor, assisted by Bishops Patrick Vincent Ahern and Anthony Francis Mestice, who both predeceased Bishop Sheridan in 2011.
In 1993, he was named chancellor of the seminary system. He oversaw new faculty appointments, a reform of the curriculum and the institution of the year of spirituality before students began theological studies. Upon his appointment, he told the seminarians that they were preparing for a "joy-filled, demanding, challenging life."
In 1995, he played a key part in the planning for the visit of Pope John Paul II to New York and blessed Central Park's Great Lawn as the stage was being erected for the Mass.
Bishop Sheridan was honored with the Catholic Home Bureau's Humanitarian Award in 1998, for his priestly presence as educator, pastor and administrator. He received the Medal of Life Award from Pius XII Youth and Family Services in 1999, for his value and concern for human life as an inspiration to others. He was a member of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights of Malta. Cardinal Egan said once that Bishop Sheridan knew "every facet of the life of the Archdiocese" through his many assignments and positions of service.
When he wasn't performing his duties as a priest, Sheridan read biographies and mysteries, as well as works by and about St. John of the Cross.
Msgr. Sheridan passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011, aged 89. A wake was held on Tuesday, December 6, in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral, with retired Auxiliary Bishop Robert A. Brucato, offering Mass at 6 pm. Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrated Bishop Sheridan's funeral Mass on Wednesday, December 7, at 10.30 am., in St. Patrick's Cathedral, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, near his parents' gravesite.
He served a summer assignment at Holy Name parish in New Rochelle in 1948, then returned to Chicago to finish his degree. In 1949, he was assigned as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Victory parish in Manhattan and in 1956, served briefly at Corpus Christi, also Manhattan, before joining the Mission Band later that year.
The New York Apostolate Mission Band was a group of priests who toured the Archdiocese conducting missions. Sheridan was named leader of the group in 1965. In an interview with CNY in 1990, he called this assignment "the greatest experience in the world." In that interview, he told CNY that the Mission Band at that time were among the first to bring the documents of the Second Vatican Council to parishes in the Archdiocese. He was named a Monsignor in 1965. His first assignment as pastor was of Blessed Sacrament in Manhattan, starting in 1967.
Sheridan taught for a year at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. He served as episcopal vicar of Central Westchester and pastor of St. Joseph's in Bronxville from 1980 till 1985. He was episcopal vicar of the Northeast Bronx in the 1970's and was pastor of Holy Rosary.
At 68 years of age, Monsignor Sheridan was named Auxiliary for the Metropolitan See of New York by Pope John Paul II, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Cursola on December 12, 1990, from Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor, assisted by Bishops Patrick Vincent Ahern and Anthony Francis Mestice, who both predeceased Bishop Sheridan in 2011.
In 1993, he was named chancellor of the seminary system. He oversaw new faculty appointments, a reform of the curriculum and the institution of the year of spirituality before students began theological studies. Upon his appointment, he told the seminarians that they were preparing for a "joy-filled, demanding, challenging life."
In 1995, he played a key part in the planning for the visit of Pope John Paul II to New York and blessed Central Park's Great Lawn as the stage was being erected for the Mass.
Bishop Sheridan was honored with the Catholic Home Bureau's Humanitarian Award in 1998, for his priestly presence as educator, pastor and administrator. He received the Medal of Life Award from Pius XII Youth and Family Services in 1999, for his value and concern for human life as an inspiration to others. He was a member of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights of Malta. Cardinal Egan said once that Bishop Sheridan knew "every facet of the life of the Archdiocese" through his many assignments and positions of service.
When he wasn't performing his duties as a priest, Sheridan read biographies and mysteries, as well as works by and about St. John of the Cross.
Msgr. Sheridan passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011, aged 89. A wake was held on Tuesday, December 6, in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral, with retired Auxiliary Bishop Robert A. Brucato, offering Mass at 6 pm. Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrated Bishop Sheridan's funeral Mass on Wednesday, December 7, at 10.30 am., in St. Patrick's Cathedral, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, near his parents' gravesite.
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