Michael Joseph Green (October 13, 1917 – August 30, 1982) was a 20th-century

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of the

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in the

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. He served as the third bishop of the

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in the state of

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from 1967 to 1974.

Biography

Born in

St. Joseph, Michigan St. Joseph, colloquially known as St. Joe, is a city and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan. It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,365. It lies on the shore o ...

, Green was ordained a Catholic

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for the

Diocese of Lansing The Diocese of Lansing ( la, Diœcesis Lansingensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the south-central portion of Michigan around Lansing. It encompasses an area of including the counties o ...

on July 14, 1946. On June 22, 1962

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named him the

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of ''Trisipa'' and Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing. He was consecrated a bishop on August 28, 1962, by Bishop Joseph H. Albers of Lansing. The co-consecrators were Bishops Clarence George Issenmann of Columbus and

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auxiliary bishop of Grand Rapids. From 1962 to 1965 he attended all four sessions of the

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. On March 11, 1967, Pope Paul VI named him as the third bishop of Reno. He served the diocese for seven years until his resignation was accepted by Pope Paul on December 6, 1974.

References

1917 births 1982 deaths People from St. Joseph, Michigan Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing Roman Catholic bishops of Reno 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Participants in the Second Vatican Council Religious leaders from Michigan Catholics from Michigan {{US-RC-bishop-stub