Jeffrey Marc Monforton

The Most Reverend Jeffrey Marc Monforton, STD
Bishop of Steubenville

Church	Catholic Church
See	Steubenville
In office	September 10, 2012 – present
Predecessor	Robert Daniel Conlon
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	June 25, 1994 by Adam Joseph Maida
Consecration	September 10, 2012 by Dennis Marion Schnurr
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-05) May 5, 1963 Detroit, Michigan
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Jeffrey Marc Monforton (born May 5, 1963) is the bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville in the US state of Ohio. He was named the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville on July 3, 2012.

Early life and education

Jeffrey Monforton was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is the son of Marc Louis and Virginia Rose (Ackerman) Monforton, and is the eldest of three sons.^[1] Monforton received his early education at Tinkham Elementary School in Westland, Michigan, John Marshall Junior High and graduated from Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan. He attended Wayne State University before he studied for the priesthood at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, where he received a degree in philosophy. He then continued his priestly formation prior to ordination at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy and studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, also in Rome, where he earned a bachelor's, licentiate and doctorate in sacred theology.^[2] He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit by Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida in the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament on June 25, 1994.^[3]^[4]

Priesthood

After ordination Father Monforton served as the associate pastor and taught religion in the parish high school at the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan (1994–1996). He served Cardinal Maida as a personal secretary from 1998–2005, and on the faculty of Sacred Heart Seminary from 2002–2005. Pope Benedict XVI named him a Chaplain of His Holiness, with the title Monsignor, in 2005.^[2] Msgr. Monforton served as pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish in Shelby Township, Michigan from 2005–2006 and rector of Sacred Heart Seminary from 2006–2012. From May until July 2012 he was pastor of St. Andrew Parish in Rochester, Michigan.^[5] He joined the board of trustees of Madonna University in 2006 and he was an apostolic visitator of the Congregation for Catholic Education for the apostolic visitation of seminaries and houses of formation in the United States during the 2005–2006 academic year.^[2]

Bishop of Steubenville

Msgr. Monforton was named the bishop of Steubenville by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on July 3, 2012. His episcopal consecration took place on September 10, 2012. Archbishop Dennis Marion Schnurr of Cincinnati was the consecrating prelate. Cardinal Maida and Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron of Detroit were the co-consecrators.^[3]

References

↑ "Rev. Msgr. Jeffrey M. Monforton". Sacred Heart Major Seminary. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
1 2 3 "Pope Names Detroit Monsignor As Bishop Of Steubenville, Ohio". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
1 2 "Bishop Jeffrey Marc Monforton". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
↑ "Diocese of Steubenville". GCatholic.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
↑ Dave Gossett (July 3, 2012). "City diocese has new bishop". Herald-Star. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville

Bishops	Anthony Mussio Albert Ottenweller Gilbert Sheldon Robert Conlon Jeffrey Monforton

Churches	Cathedral Holy Name Cathedral Basilica Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Marietta Parishes Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fulda St. Henry's Catholic Church, Harriettsville St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Morges

Education	Higher Education Franciscan University of Steubenville High Schools Catholic Central High School, Steubenville St. John Central High School, Bellaire Saint Joseph Central High School, Ironton

Other	Franciscan Sisters of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother

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Archdiocese of Detroit

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Bishops	Frederick Rese Caspar Borgess John Samuel Foley Michael Gallagher

Coadjutor bishop	Peter Paul Lefevere

Archbishops	Edward Aloysius Mooney John Francis Dearden Edmund Szoka Adam Maida Allen Henry Vigneron

Churches in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Parishes	Detroit Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Most Holy Redeemer Church Our Lady of the Rosary Church Sacred Heart Church St. Albertus Church Ste. Anne de Detroit Church St. Catherine of Siena Church St. Charles Borromeo Church St. Josaphat's Church St. Joseph Church St. Mary Church St. Patrick Church Saints Peter and Paul Church St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church Sweetest Heart of Mary Church Monroe County St. Mary's Church, Monroe Wayne County St. Paul Church, Grosse Pointe Farms St. Florian Church, Hamtramck Our Lady of the Scapular Parish, Wyandotte Former St. Boniface Church, Detroit St. Theresa of Avila Church, Detroit St. Thomas the Apostle's Church, Detroit

Shrine	National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak

Education in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Higher education	Madonna University Marygrove College University of Detroit Mercy

Seminaries	Sacred Heart Major Seminary SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary

High schools	Macomb County De La Salle Collegiate High School, Warren Regina High School, Warren Austin Catholic High School, Ray Township Monroe County St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Monroe Oakland County Academy of the Sacred Heart High School, Bloomfield Hills Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Madison Heights Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi Everest Academy and High School, Independence Township Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills Mercy High School, Farmington Hills Notre Dame Preparatory, Pontiac Our Lady of the Lakes High School, Waterford Shrine Catholic High School, Royal Oak St. Mary's Preparatory, Orchard Lake Village St. Catherine of Siena Academy, Wixom St. Clair County Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, Marine City Wayne County Cabrini High School, Allen Park Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit Divine Child High School, Dearborn Gabriel Richard Catholic High School, Riverview Ladywood High School, Livonia Loyola High School, Detroit University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, Detroit

Former	Higher education Duns Scotus College Maryglade College High schools Girls Catholic Central High School, Detroit Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit Notre Dame High School, Harper Woods Sacred Heart High School, Roseville Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Wyandotte

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Auxiliary bishops	Moses Anderson Allen James Babcock Leonard Paul Blair Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Joseph M. Breitenbeck Kevin Michael Britt Michael J. Byrnes Arturo Cepeda Patrick R. Cooney Henry Edmund Donnelly John Anthony Donovan Daniel E. Flores Thomas Gumbleton Donald Hanchon Bernard Joseph Harrington Walter A. Hurley Joseph Leopold Imesch Edward D. Kelly Arthur Henry Krawczak Dale Joseph Melczek John Clayton Nienstedt Joseph C. Plagens John M. Quinn Francis R. Reiss Walter Joseph Schoenherr Allen Henry Vigneron Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki Alexander M. Zaleski

Priests	Alexander Joseph Brunett Solanus Casey Charles Coughlin Francis Kelley Camillus Paul Maes Jeffrey Marc Monforton William Murphy John A. Trese Kenneth Edward Untener

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