Bishop Joseph Sartoris, retired LA Archdiocese auxiliary, dies at 97
Retired Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sartoris died on Friday, June 27, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He was 97 years old.
St. Pope John Paul II named Sartoris an auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese in 1994. He oversaw the archdiocese’s San Pedro Pastoral Region until 2002, when John Paul accepted his resignation at the standard retirement age of 75.
“We mourn the loss of Bishop Joseph Sartoris,” Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said. “He lived a long and faithful life of service to Jesus and the family of God here in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He was a good priest and a good bishop, and he helped many souls. We entrust him now to the tender care of Our Blessed Mother Mary, and we ask that she lead him to paradise and the love that never ends.”