Ven. Fulton Sheen

Fulton John Sheen was an American bishop, philosopher, and pioneering media evangelist, ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in 1919. He earned a doctorate at Louvain and taught for over two decades at the Catholic University of America.

Consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of New York in 1951, he became one of the most famous Catholic figures in America through radio and television. He served as Bishop of Rochester from 1966 to 1969 and was declared Venerable in 2012.