Michael Patrick Driscoll (August 8, 1939 – October 24, 2017) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He was the seventh Bishop of Boise . He retired on August 8, 2014.
25-514: (Redirected from Mike Driscoll ) Michael Driscoll or Mike Driscoll may refer to: Michael Patrick Driscoll (1939–2017), Roman Catholic bishop of Boise Michael Driscoll (economist) (born 1950), English economist and university administrator Michael E. Driscoll (1851–1929), U.S. Representative from New York Michael Driscoll (baseball) (1892–1953), American baseball pitcher Michael Driscoll (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1960), member of
50-712: A Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California in 1973. He served as Chancellor (1976–1987), Vicar for Religious and for Charities , and Vicar General in the Diocese of Orange . On December 19, 1989, Driscoll was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Orange and Titular Bishop of Maxita by Pope John Paul II . He received his episcopal consecration on March 6, 1990, from Bishop Norman McFarland , with Bishops John Steinbock and Thomas Connolly serving as co-consecrators . Driscoll
75-431: A child pornography ring that also involved the rapes of these children. Faucher had satanic interests and admitted to acts of blasphemy and desecration. That same year, two individuals reported to the diocese that they had been sexually abused as minors by Faucher. In December 2018, Faucher was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The diocese evicted Faucher from his house while he was in jail, and performed an exorcism on
100-854: Is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese , of the Catholic Church in Idaho in the United States. The Diocese of Boise is led by Bishop Peter F. Christensen , whose seat is the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Boise . The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland . The first Catholics to arrive in present-day Boise were French-Canadian fur trappers in
125-687: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Michael Patrick Driscoll Michael Driscoll was born in Long Beach , California . As a child, he would pretend to celebrate Mass , giving Necco candy wafers as communion to his younger siblings. He attended St. John's Seminary in Camarillo , and was ordained to the priesthood by James Cardinal McIntyre on May 1, 1965. He did pastoral work in Los Angeles and Burbank , and earned
150-595: Is remembered for implementing the reforms of the Second Vatican Council . He retired in 1988. Pope John Paul II then named Tod Brown from the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno as the sixth bishop of Boise in 1989. He became bishop of the Diocese of Orange in 1998. In 1999, Auxiliary Bishop Michael P. Driscoll of Orange was appointed bishop in Boise by John Paul II. After Driscoll retired In 2014, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Peter F. Christensen of
175-761: The Cataldo Mission along the St. Joe River near present-day St. Maries . It was the first mission church in Idaho. The Cataldo Mission later moved to its present location on the Coeur d'Alene River . It is the oldest building in Idaho. With the establishment by the Vatican in 1846 of the Vicariate Apostolic of Oregon Territory, all of the Idaho area was under this jurisdiction. For the next 19 years, most of
200-630: The "black robes" to show them how to get there. Over the next 25 years, the Nez Perce and Flathead tribes sent four delegations to St. Louis , Missouri to speak with Catholic officials, attempting to recruit a priest for their communities. In 1840, the Diocese of St. Louis sent Pierre-Jean De Smet , a Jesuit priest, to minister to the tribes. De Smet celebrated the mass in Idaho in July 1840 at Henry's Lake . Nicholas Point in 1843 constructed
225-598: The Catholic Church protected Baltazar while he abused children in previous positions with other dioceses. In 2003, a San Diego man sued the Diocese of Boise and several other dioceses, claiming that Baltazar sexually abused him in California and other locations for five years during the 1970s. Deacon Robert Howell was arrested in November 2004 on charges of possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty and
250-779: The Catholics in Idaho belonged to the Native American tribes. With the discovery of gold in the Boise Basin in 1862, tens of thousands of miners flooded the area, including large numbers of Irish Catholics. Due to the area's growth, President Abraham Lincoln created the Territory of Idaho in 1863. That same year, the first church for the European Catholics, St. Joseph's, was built in the booming mining town of Idaho City . Pope Pius IX in 1868 erected
275-551: The Diocese of Boise, covering the entire state of Idaho. He appointed Glorieux as its first bishop . At that time, there were approximately 7,000 registered Catholics in the state. In 1894, the Sisters of the Holy Cross opened St. Alphonsus Hospital, the first hospital in Boise. In 1906, Gladieux laid the cornerstone for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Boise. The opening of large tracts of land to settlement and
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#1732794083577300-401: The Diocese of Superior as the eighth bishop of Boise. In April 2020, Christensen issued a memo containing orders for diocese priests, including an order banning them from celebrating mass ad orientem (facing the altar). As of 2023, Christensen is the current bishop of Boise. Approximately 150,000 Catholics live within the Diocese of Boise, making them approximately 11% of the population of
325-667: The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Mike Driscoll (runner) , winner of the 2 miles at the 1909 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Driscoll&oldid=1245344130 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
350-535: The Vicariate Apostolic of Idaho and Montana, covering a vast area west of the Northern Rockies. At that time, both the territory and the apostolic vicariate included the current state of Idaho and the western portions of Montana and Wyoming . The pope named Louis Lootens of the Archdiocese of San Francisco as the first vicar apostolic . When the vicariate was established, the population of Idaho
375-482: The arrival of the railroad greatly increased the population of Idaho. The diocese grew dramatically over the following century. One group of significance are the Basque people , who began immigrating to Idaho early in the twentieth century and primarily worked within the sheep industry. (Approximately 15,000 of their descendants remain in the diocese today.) Glorieux died in 1917. Succeeding Glorieux as bishop in 1918
400-633: The mid-1700s. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, when the area became part of the United States, it fell under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Baltimore in Maryland. In 1815, 19 Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) migrated to Idaho from eastern Canada . Having had contact with Catholic missionaries in Canada, the Iroquois spoke to the Native American tribes about heaven and how they needed
425-410: The state of Idaho . The diocese is divided up into six deaneries containing 51 parishes, 31 stations, and 25 chapels. The diocese operates five hospitals: In 1985, Mel Baltazar was sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of lewd conduct with a 15 year old boy. Baltazar met the victim when he was serving as a chaplain at St. Alphonsus Medical Center. The presiding judge stated that
450-480: The vast majority of them settling permanently in the southern part of the diocese. So many immigrants have now made Idaho their home that people of Latin American heritage now constitute well over half of the Catholics within the diocese. Byrne became archbishop of Dubuque in 1962. The fifth bishop of Boise, Sylvester W. Treinen from the Diocese of Bismarck , was chosen in 1962 by Pope John XXIII . As bishop, he
475-532: Was Daniel Gorman from the Archdiocese of Dubuque, selected by Pope Benedict XV . Gorman oversaw large growth within the diocese during his nine years as bishop, adding 32 diocesan priests, completing construction on the cathedral, and doubling enrollment in parish schools. After Gorman died in 1927, Pope Pius XI named Edward Kelly from the Diocese of Baker City as his replacement. Kelly served for 28 years until his death in 1956. The next bishop of Boise
500-546: Was Auxiliary Bishop James J. Byrne from the Archdiocese of St. Paul, selected by Pius XII in 1956. Beginning in the middle of the twentieth century, large numbers of migrant workers from Mexico arrived in the diocese. Some settled permanently in the region, while many others remained migratory and would return to Mexico after the harvest. Toward the latter part of the century, the number of immigrants from Mexico and other parts of Latin America increased dramatically, with
525-528: Was approximately 20,000, of whom only 1,500 were Catholic. By the 1870s, the Idaho gold rush had ended, miners were leaving the territory and its towns were drying up. When Lootens' health began to fail, the Vatican allowed him to resign from the vicariate in 1876. The vicariate would be without a bishop for the next eight years. In 1887, Pope Leo XIII appointed Alphonse Glorieux as the second vicar apostolic of Idaho and Montana. Glorieux designated Boise as his see city. On August 23, 1893, Leo XIII erected
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#1732794083577550-620: Was expected to release priest personnel files that were supposed to become public as part of a $ 100-million settlement reached in 2005 between the Orange diocese and sex-abuse victims, the largest in the history of the Catholic Church. Church sources say Driscoll's name is all over the documents, which molestation survivors claim will show the various cover-ups Orange County diocesan officials executed while Driscoll served as chancellor and auxiliary bishop. Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise The Diocese of Boise ( Latin : Diœcesis Xylopolitana )
575-663: Was in charge of priest personnel affairs for the Diocese of Orange County from its 1976 inception until leaving for Idaho in 1999, made the stunning admission in a letter printed in the Idaho Catholic Register, stating he was "deeply sorry for the way we handled cases [in Orange County] allowed children to be victimized by permitting some priests to remain in ministry, for not disclosing their behavior to those who might be at risk, and for not monitoring their actions more closely." A Los Angeles Superior Court judge
600-505: Was later named Bishop of Boise , Idaho , on January 18, 1999. Replacing Bishop Tod Brown , he was formally installed on the following March 17. After 15 years with the Diocese of Boise, Bishop Driscoll retired on August 8, 2014, and Bishop Peter Christensen was named his successor. Diocese of Boise Bishop Michael Driscoll apologized for his role in Orange County, California's Roman Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal. Driscoll, who
625-505: Was sentenced in March 2005 to 18 months in prison. Some of Howell's former parishioners were angry with the diocese for waiting until March to inform them about Howell. In September 2018, W. Thomas Faucher pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography , distribution of child pornography, and possession of marijuana. Chatroom conversations obtained by law enforcement revealed Faucher's intent to use marijuana to drug children and operate
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