venerated death_date consecration other_post nationality article_title coat_of_arms birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place image name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place saint_title buried motto type ordained_by previous_post appointed successor religion see ordination birth_name archbishop_of
catholic church 9 december 1979 june 11 , 1951 titular archbishop of neoportus american fulton j. sheen
 archbishop sheen coa.svg 8 may 1895 october 6 , 1969 st. america catholic university of leuven pontifical university of saint thomas viator aquinas college st. paul seminary catholic university of new york , new york bpsheen.png fulton john sheen adeodato giovanni piazza james edward kearney el paso , illinois venerable st. patrick 's cathedral , new york '' : '' grant that i may come -lsb- to you da -rsb- through the mother -lsb- mary -rsb- '' -rrb- per matrem me venire '' -lrb- english archbishop edmund m. dunne auxiliary -rrb- titular bishop of caesariana -lrb- 1951 -- 1966 -rrb- bishop of new york -lrb- 1951 -- 1966 october 21 , 1966 joseph lloyd hogan catholic rochester september 20 , 1919 peter john sheen bishop of rochester
fulton j. sheen

venerable fulton john sheen -lrb- born peter john sheen , may 8 , 1895 -- december 9 , 1979 -rrb- was an american bishop -lrb- later archbishop -rrb- of the catholic church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio .
his cause for canonization as a saint was officially opened in 2002 .
in june 2012 , pope benedict xvi officially recognized a decree from the congregation for the causes of saints stating that he lived a life of `` heroic virtues '' -- a major step towards beatification -- so he is now referred to as `` venerable '' .
ordained a priest of the diocese of peoria in 1919 , sheen quickly became a renowned theologian , earning the cardinal mercier prize for international philosophy in 1923 .
he went on to teach theology and philosophy at the catholic university of america as well as acting as a parish priest before being appointed auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of new york in 1951 .
he held this position until 1966 when he was made the bishop of rochester from october 21 , 1966 to october 6 , 1969 , when he resigned and was made the archbishop of the titular see of newport , wales .
for 20 years as father , later monsignor , sheen hosted the night-time radio program `` the catholic hour '' -lrb- 1930 -- 1950 -rrb- before moving to television and presenting `` life is worth living '' -lrb- 1951 -- 1957 -rrb- .
sheen 's final presenting role was on the syndicated `` the fulton sheen program '' -lrb- 1961 -- 1968 -rrb- with a format very similar to that of the earlier `` life is worth living '' show .
for this work , sheen twice won an emmy award for most outstanding television personality , the only personality appearing on the dumont network ever to win a major emmy award .
starting in 2009 , his shows were being re-broadcast on the ewtn and the trinity broadcasting network 's church channel cable networks .
due to his contribution to televised preaching sheen is often referred to as one of the first televangelists .
