Joseph Martin Sartoris
Joseph Martin Sartoris is a retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.Episcopacy
Sartoris is a native of Los Angeles, California. He studied at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, and was ordained a priest of the Los Angeles Archdiocese on May 30, 1953. On February 8, 1994, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Titular Bishop of Oliva and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles. He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Roger Mahony on May 19, 1994 and led the Archdiocese's San Pedro Pastoral Region from 1994 to 2002. On December 31, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted Sartoris' resignation, who had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.Episcopal succession
