It is with deep sadness that the Church of Fargo announces the death of our beloved Bishop Emeritus James Stephen Sullivan. Bishop Sullivan died the morning of June 12, 2006 at Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo. His death was brought about by complications of Alzheimer's Disease.
James Stephen Sullivan was born July 23, 1929, in Kalamazoo, MI, the son of Stephen and Dorothy (Bernier) Sullivan. He attended St. Augustine Elementary School in Kalamazoo and attended high school and two years of college at St. Joseph Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI.
He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit in 1951, then entered St. John Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, MI, where he received his theological training. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph H. Albers on June 4, 1955, in Lansing, MI. He served as a parish priest in Flint, Lansing and St. Joseph, all in Michigan. He served as secretary for Bishop Albers and Bishop Alexander Zaleski, then served as Assistant Chancellor and Vicar General to Bishop Zaleski, with additional assignments as Vocations Director and Founder of Liturgical Publications in Lansing.
On Sept. 21, 1972, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Sicessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing. On April 2, 1985, he was appointed Bishop of Fargo and was installed as the sixth Bishop of Fargo on May 30, 1985.
Bishop Sullivan served as Episcopal Liaison for the Cursillo Movement in the United States, as President of the World Apostolate of Fatima and Episcopal Liaison to the Catholic Marketing Association. He also served on the advisory board of Catholics United for the Faith and several committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Within the Fargo Diocese, Bishop Sullivan oversaw the formation of the Fargo Catholic Schools Network and instituted the Opening Doors, Opening Hearts program of evangelization. He saw to the funding of the Priest Pension Plan through the Shepherd's Care Campaign and improved the financial condition of the diocese and parishes. In 1992, he began the diocese's Annual Walk with Christ for Life, a peaceful procession of prayer for an end to abortion. In 1993, he was chosen by Pope John Paul II as one of the priests to address the English-speaking youth attending World Youth Day in Denver, CO.
Bishop Sullivan retired on March 18, 2002, and resided at the rectory at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Fargo before moving to Rosewood on Broadway (Nursing Home) in Spring 2006.
Surviving are three sisters, Barbara Jean Sullivan, Sister Marilyn Sullivan and Rosemary Barnum, all of Kalamazoo; two nephews, Stephen (Galyn) Barnum and their children, Trevor and Tyler, and James (Kris) Barnum and their children, Stephen and Ashley, all of Kalamazoo; and numerous brother priests. He was preceded in death by his parents, Stephen and Dorothy Sullivan, and his brother-in-law, Ted Barnum.
James Stephen Sullivan was born July 23, 1929, in Kalamazoo, MI, the son of Stephen and Dorothy (Bernier) Sullivan. He attended St. Augustine Elementary School in Kalamazoo and attended high school and two years of college at St. Joseph Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI.
He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit in 1951, then entered St. John Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, MI, where he received his theological training. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph H. Albers on June 4, 1955, in Lansing, MI. He served as a parish priest in Flint, Lansing and St. Joseph, all in Michigan. He served as secretary for Bishop Albers and Bishop Alexander Zaleski, then served as Assistant Chancellor and Vicar General to Bishop Zaleski, with additional assignments as Vocations Director and Founder of Liturgical Publications in Lansing.
On Sept. 21, 1972, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Sicessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing. On April 2, 1985, he was appointed Bishop of Fargo and was installed as the sixth Bishop of Fargo on May 30, 1985.
Bishop Sullivan served as Episcopal Liaison for the Cursillo Movement in the United States, as President of the World Apostolate of Fatima and Episcopal Liaison to the Catholic Marketing Association. He also served on the advisory board of Catholics United for the Faith and several committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Within the Fargo Diocese, Bishop Sullivan oversaw the formation of the Fargo Catholic Schools Network and instituted the Opening Doors, Opening Hearts program of evangelization. He saw to the funding of the Priest Pension Plan through the Shepherd's Care Campaign and improved the financial condition of the diocese and parishes. In 1992, he began the diocese's Annual Walk with Christ for Life, a peaceful procession of prayer for an end to abortion. In 1993, he was chosen by Pope John Paul II as one of the priests to address the English-speaking youth attending World Youth Day in Denver, CO.
Bishop Sullivan retired on March 18, 2002, and resided at the rectory at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Fargo before moving to Rosewood on Broadway (Nursing Home) in Spring 2006.
Surviving are three sisters, Barbara Jean Sullivan, Sister Marilyn Sullivan and Rosemary Barnum, all of Kalamazoo; two nephews, Stephen (Galyn) Barnum and their children, Trevor and Tyler, and James (Kris) Barnum and their children, Stephen and Ashley, all of Kalamazoo; and numerous brother priests. He was preceded in death by his parents, Stephen and Dorothy Sullivan, and his brother-in-law, Ted Barnum.
It is with deep sadness that the Church of Fargo announces the death of our beloved Bishop Emeritus James Stephen Sullivan. Bishop Sullivan died the morning of June 12, 2006 at Rosewood on Broadway in Fargo. His death was brought about by complications of Alzheimer's Disease.
James Stephen Sullivan was born July 23, 1929, in Kalamazoo, MI, the son of Stephen and Dorothy (Bernier) Sullivan. He attended St. Augustine Elementary School in Kalamazoo and attended high school and two years of college at St. Joseph Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI.
He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit in 1951, then entered St. John Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, MI, where he received his theological training. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph H. Albers on June 4, 1955, in Lansing, MI. He served as a parish priest in Flint, Lansing and St. Joseph, all in Michigan. He served as secretary for Bishop Albers and Bishop Alexander Zaleski, then served as Assistant Chancellor and Vicar General to Bishop Zaleski, with additional assignments as Vocations Director and Founder of Liturgical Publications in Lansing.
On Sept. 21, 1972, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Sicessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing. On April 2, 1985, he was appointed Bishop of Fargo and was installed as the sixth Bishop of Fargo on May 30, 1985.
Bishop Sullivan served as Episcopal Liaison for the Cursillo Movement in the United States, as President of the World Apostolate of Fatima and Episcopal Liaison to the Catholic Marketing Association. He also served on the advisory board of Catholics United for the Faith and several committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Within the Fargo Diocese, Bishop Sullivan oversaw the formation of the Fargo Catholic Schools Network and instituted the Opening Doors, Opening Hearts program of evangelization. He saw to the funding of the Priest Pension Plan through the Shepherd's Care Campaign and improved the financial condition of the diocese and parishes. In 1992, he began the diocese's Annual Walk with Christ for Life, a peaceful procession of prayer for an end to abortion. In 1993, he was chosen by Pope John Paul II as one of the priests to address the English-speaking youth attending World Youth Day in Denver, CO.
Bishop Sullivan retired on March 18, 2002, and resided at the rectory at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Fargo before moving to Rosewood on Broadway (Nursing Home) in Spring 2006.
Surviving are three sisters, Barbara Jean Sullivan, Sister Marilyn Sullivan and Rosemary Barnum, all of Kalamazoo; two nephews, Stephen (Galyn) Barnum and their children, Trevor and Tyler, and James (Kris) Barnum and their children, Stephen and Ashley, all of Kalamazoo; and numerous brother priests. He was preceded in death by his parents, Stephen and Dorothy Sullivan, and his brother-in-law, Ted Barnum.
James Stephen Sullivan was born July 23, 1929, in Kalamazoo, MI, the son of Stephen and Dorothy (Bernier) Sullivan. He attended St. Augustine Elementary School in Kalamazoo and attended high school and two years of college at St. Joseph Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI.
He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit in 1951, then entered St. John Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, MI, where he received his theological training. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph H. Albers on June 4, 1955, in Lansing, MI. He served as a parish priest in Flint, Lansing and St. Joseph, all in Michigan. He served as secretary for Bishop Albers and Bishop Alexander Zaleski, then served as Assistant Chancellor and Vicar General to Bishop Zaleski, with additional assignments as Vocations Director and Founder of Liturgical Publications in Lansing.
On Sept. 21, 1972, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Sicessi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing. On April 2, 1985, he was appointed Bishop of Fargo and was installed as the sixth Bishop of Fargo on May 30, 1985.
Bishop Sullivan served as Episcopal Liaison for the Cursillo Movement in the United States, as President of the World Apostolate of Fatima and Episcopal Liaison to the Catholic Marketing Association. He also served on the advisory board of Catholics United for the Faith and several committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Within the Fargo Diocese, Bishop Sullivan oversaw the formation of the Fargo Catholic Schools Network and instituted the Opening Doors, Opening Hearts program of evangelization. He saw to the funding of the Priest Pension Plan through the Shepherd's Care Campaign and improved the financial condition of the diocese and parishes. In 1992, he began the diocese's Annual Walk with Christ for Life, a peaceful procession of prayer for an end to abortion. In 1993, he was chosen by Pope John Paul II as one of the priests to address the English-speaking youth attending World Youth Day in Denver, CO.
Bishop Sullivan retired on March 18, 2002, and resided at the rectory at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Fargo before moving to Rosewood on Broadway (Nursing Home) in Spring 2006.
Surviving are three sisters, Barbara Jean Sullivan, Sister Marilyn Sullivan and Rosemary Barnum, all of Kalamazoo; two nephews, Stephen (Galyn) Barnum and their children, Trevor and Tyler, and James (Kris) Barnum and their children, Stephen and Ashley, all of Kalamazoo; and numerous brother priests. He was preceded in death by his parents, Stephen and Dorothy Sullivan, and his brother-in-law, Ted Barnum.
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