Pope Francis Appoints Bishop Jeffrey Monforton as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Appoints Bishop Paul Bradley as Apostolic Administrator of Steubenville
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Pope Francis Appoints Bishop Jeffrey Monforton as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit; Appoints Bishop Paul Bradley as Apostolic Administrator of Steubenville
Pope Francis has appointed Most Reverend Jeffrey M. Monforton as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, transferring him from the Diocese of Steubenville and assigning him the Titular See of Centuria. The Holy See has also appointed Most Reverend Paul J. Bradley, bishop emeritus of Kalamazoo, as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Steubenville. (Screenshot from the Diocese of Steubenville)
September 28, 2023
WASHINGTON - Pope Francis has appointed Most Reverend Jeffrey M. Monforton as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, transferring him from the Diocese of Steubenville and assigning him the Titular See of Centuria. The Holy See has also appointed Most Reverend Paul J. Bradley, bishop emeritus of Kalamazoo, as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Steubenville.
The appointments were publicized in Washington, D.C. on September 28, 2023, by Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
The Archdiocese of Detroit is comprised of 3,901 square miles in the State of Michigan and has a total population of 4,323,432 of which 907,921, are Catholic.
The Diocese of Steubenville is comprised of 5,913 square miles in the State of Ohio and has a total population of 481,411 of which 28,339, are Catholic.
USCCB Release
Biography of Most Rev. Paul J. Bradley Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo
Biography of Most Rev. Paul J. Bradley Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo
Biographical Summary Motto: “Waiting in Joyful Hope” cf.
St. Paul’s Letter to Titus 2:13
On June 5, 2009, Most Reverend Paul J. Bradley was installed as the fourth Bishop for the Diocese of Kalamazoo.
Prior to his installation for the diocese, he was appointed
titular bishop of Afufenia and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh on December 16, 2004 and was ordained
a bishop on February 2, 2005.
Bishop Paul J. Bradley was born on October 18, 1945, in Glassport, Pa., the son of John and Cecilia Bradley. He
attended St. Cecilia Grade School and attended high school, college and graduate theology studies at St. Meinrad
Seminary, St. Meinrad, Ind. He also earned the Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Pittsburgh
on December 19, 1987.
Ordained a priest in the Diocese of Pittsburgh on May 1, 1971 by Bishop Vincent M. Leonard, Bishop Bradley
held various pastoral ministry assignments both in the parishes as well as at the diocesan level. He served as
Director of the Office of Family Life (1982), Secretary for Social Concerns (1989), and Vicar General/General
Secretary/Moderator of the Curia. When (then) Bishop Donald Wuerl was installed as the archbishop of
Washington, D.C. in June 2006, Bishop Bradley was elected Administrator of the Diocese of Pittsburgh by the
diocesan College of Consultors. He oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Diocese for 18 months until Bishop
David Zubik’s installation on September 28, 2007. Bishop Bradley then continued serving as Auxiliary Bishop/
Vicar General/Moderator of the Curia until he was appointed Bishop of Kalamazoo.
After his Installation as Bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo in 2009 for the more than 100,000 Catholics in the
nine-county region of Southwest Michigan, within the his first year, Bishop Bradley visited all 59 parishes and
22 Catholic schools in the diocese. He released his first pastoral letter, What I Have Heard and Seen in the fall
of 2010. He has since written an additional six pastoral letters to the faithful [see Pastoral Letters] including his
most recent, “Behold, I am Making all Things New” [August 2022].
During his fourteen years as shepherd of the Diocese, Bishop Bradley has introduced a number of initiatives including the implementation of the 2016 Diocesan Pastoral Plan which created 28 Parish Collaboratives from the
existing 59 parishes and missions. He also convened the 2019 Eucharistic Congress where close to 1,000 Catholics participated. During his episcopal ministry Bishop Bradley has ordained 20 men to the priesthood and 23 as
permanent deacons. He has conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation to more than 25,000 people*. He has also
written eight pastoral letters, including three which received recognition from the Catholic Press Association
Awards.
Biography of Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton:
· Born: Jeffrey Marc Monforton was born on May 5, 1963, in Detroit to Marc Louis Monforton and Virginia Rose (Ackerman) Monforton. He is the eldest of three sons. David is the middle son and Daniel is the youngest.
Education: Bishop Monforton attended Tinkham Elementary School in Westland, Michigan, followed by his attendance at John Marshall Junior High and graduation from Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan.
Bishop Jeffrey Monforton attended Wayne State University after which he entered Sacred Heart Major Seminary and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1989. While residing at the North American College in Rome he received his Bachelors in Sacred Theology (STB) in 1992 and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Later, as a priest, he was awarded a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Ordained: On June 25, 1994, Bishop Monforton was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Detroit, by Archbishop Adam Maida.
Assignments after Ordination:
Following ordination, he served in the Archdiocese of Detroit as associate pastor at the National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak, from 1994 through 1996. He also served on the faculty at the parish high school for two academic years in the Department of Religion.
Bishop Monforton served as personal priest secretary to Cardinal Adam Maida for seven years, from 1998-2005. In addition to his responsibilities to Cardinal Maida, since 2002, he was a member of the Sacred Heart Major Seminary faculty until 2012. Weekend assistant assignments included St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms, from 1998-2002 and St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Sterling Heights, from 2002-2005.
In April of 2005, he traveled with Cardinal Maida to the Vatican and remained there for the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II, the conclave, and the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
Bishop Monforton became pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Church, Shelby Township, on July 1, 2005. Also in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI conferred the title of Monsignor upon him as Chaplain to His Holiness.
He was named an Apostolic Visitor by the Congregation for Catholic Education to participate in the recent Apostolic Visitation of United States' seminaries and houses of formation in the academic year of 2005-2006.
He was a member of the Madonna University Board of Trustees from 2006 through 2012.
Bishop Monforton was named by Cardinal Maida the twelfth rector of Sacred Heart Major Seminary on August 24, 2006. He was formally installed as rector on October 29. Since 2008, he has been a Board Member of the American Friends of the Vatican Library.
He is a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus; he was invested as a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Chicago, Illinois on September of 2011.
Bishop Monforton concluded his six-year term as Sacred Heart's rector on May 5, 2012. He served as pastor of St. Andrew Parish in Rochester, Michigan, for only two short months before being named as the fifth Bishop of Steubenville.
Episcopate:
On July 3, 2012, Msgr. Monforton was named as the fifth bishop of Steubenville. He was ordained and installed as bishop on September 10, 2012.
Since his appointment as Bishop of Steubenville, he had been a member of the Board of Governors of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 2012-2018, as well as a member of the Development Committee of the PNAC.
Since 2012, he has served on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, and in 2019 was named Chairman of the Subcommittee. In 2019, Bishop Monforton became a member of the USCCB Committee on National Collections.
Since 2013, he has served on the Board of Regents and the Priestly Formation Board at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, PA.
In 2018, he accepted the position of Episcopal Moderator to the Diocesan Information Solutions Community (DISC).
Also, in 2019, Bishop Monforton was named a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of Priestly Formation and Seminary Life Committee at the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio.
In 2020, The USCCB appointed Bishop Monforton a member of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and Evangelization and Catechesis committees.
In 2021, Bishop Monforton became a member of the Episcopal Advisory Board for the Diocesan Rosary Congresses.
Bishop Monforton was an adjunct faculty member at Franciscan University of Steubenville from 2013-19. Bishop Monforton was awarded on May 10, 2014, with an honorary doctorate in Sacred Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville
In 2020, the bishop authored a book - "Ask the Bishop: Questions and Answers Over the Years." This is a result of seven years (2012-19) of Bishop Monforton's new evangelization initiative.
Bishop Monforton is a regular presenter on three different Catholic radio stations heard throughout the Ohio Valley. He is on Twitter and blogs on certain occasions.
On Sept. 28, 2023, Bishop Monforton was named an auxiliary bishop of Detroit.
· Born: Jeffrey Marc Monforton was born on May 5, 1963, in Detroit to Marc Louis Monforton and Virginia Rose (Ackerman) Monforton. He is the eldest of three sons. David is the middle son and Daniel is the youngest.
Education: Bishop Monforton attended Tinkham Elementary School in Westland, Michigan, followed by his attendance at John Marshall Junior High and graduation from Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan.
Bishop Jeffrey Monforton attended Wayne State University after which he entered Sacred Heart Major Seminary and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1989. While residing at the North American College in Rome he received his Bachelors in Sacred Theology (STB) in 1992 and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Later, as a priest, he was awarded a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Ordained: On June 25, 1994, Bishop Monforton was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Detroit, by Archbishop Adam Maida.
Assignments after Ordination:
Following ordination, he served in the Archdiocese of Detroit as associate pastor at the National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak, from 1994 through 1996. He also served on the faculty at the parish high school for two academic years in the Department of Religion.
Bishop Monforton served as personal priest secretary to Cardinal Adam Maida for seven years, from 1998-2005. In addition to his responsibilities to Cardinal Maida, since 2002, he was a member of the Sacred Heart Major Seminary faculty until 2012. Weekend assistant assignments included St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms, from 1998-2002 and St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Sterling Heights, from 2002-2005.
In April of 2005, he traveled with Cardinal Maida to the Vatican and remained there for the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II, the conclave, and the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
Bishop Monforton became pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Church, Shelby Township, on July 1, 2005. Also in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI conferred the title of Monsignor upon him as Chaplain to His Holiness.
He was named an Apostolic Visitor by the Congregation for Catholic Education to participate in the recent Apostolic Visitation of United States' seminaries and houses of formation in the academic year of 2005-2006.
He was a member of the Madonna University Board of Trustees from 2006 through 2012.
Bishop Monforton was named by Cardinal Maida the twelfth rector of Sacred Heart Major Seminary on August 24, 2006. He was formally installed as rector on October 29. Since 2008, he has been a Board Member of the American Friends of the Vatican Library.
He is a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus; he was invested as a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Chicago, Illinois on September of 2011.
Bishop Monforton concluded his six-year term as Sacred Heart's rector on May 5, 2012. He served as pastor of St. Andrew Parish in Rochester, Michigan, for only two short months before being named as the fifth Bishop of Steubenville.
Episcopate:
On July 3, 2012, Msgr. Monforton was named as the fifth bishop of Steubenville. He was ordained and installed as bishop on September 10, 2012.
Since his appointment as Bishop of Steubenville, he had been a member of the Board of Governors of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 2012-2018, as well as a member of the Development Committee of the PNAC.
Since 2012, he has served on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, and in 2019 was named Chairman of the Subcommittee. In 2019, Bishop Monforton became a member of the USCCB Committee on National Collections.
Since 2013, he has served on the Board of Regents and the Priestly Formation Board at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, PA.
In 2018, he accepted the position of Episcopal Moderator to the Diocesan Information Solutions Community (DISC).
Also, in 2019, Bishop Monforton was named a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of Priestly Formation and Seminary Life Committee at the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio.
In 2020, The USCCB appointed Bishop Monforton a member of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and Evangelization and Catechesis committees.
In 2021, Bishop Monforton became a member of the Episcopal Advisory Board for the Diocesan Rosary Congresses.
Bishop Monforton was an adjunct faculty member at Franciscan University of Steubenville from 2013-19. Bishop Monforton was awarded on May 10, 2014, with an honorary doctorate in Sacred Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville
In 2020, the bishop authored a book - "Ask the Bishop: Questions and Answers Over the Years." This is a result of seven years (2012-19) of Bishop Monforton's new evangelization initiative.
Bishop Monforton is a regular presenter on three different Catholic radio stations heard throughout the Ohio Valley. He is on Twitter and blogs on certain occasions.
On Sept. 28, 2023, Bishop Monforton was named an auxiliary bishop of Detroit.
Sources: https://diosteub.org/bishop-jeffrey-m-monforton - https://diokzoo.org/bishop-bradley - USCCB
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