John Michael Sherlock

John Michael Sherlock (January 20, 1926 – August 12, 2019^[1]) was a Canadian bishop. He was the Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ontario, from July 8, 1978, to April 27, 2002. He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and raised in Brantford, Ontario. Second eldest of a family of eight, four of his five brothers also studied at the seminary. Two of them, Fr William Sherlock and Fr Philip Sherlock, were ordained priests.

The Most Reverend John Michael Sherlock
Bishop of London
Province	Ontario
Diocese	Diocese of London
Installed	7 July 1978
Term ended	27 April 2002
Predecessor	Gerald Emmett Carter
Successor	Ronald Peter Fabbro
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario (1974-1978) Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania (1974-1978)
Orders
Ordination	3 June 1950
Consecration	28 August 1974 by Paul Francis Reding
Personal details
Born	(1926-01-20)20 January 1926 Regina, Saskatchewan
Died	12 August 2019(2019-08-12) (aged 93) London, Ontario

Ordination history of John Michael Sherlock
History Priestly ordination Date 3 June 1950 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Paul Francis Reding Co-consecrators Philip Francis Pocock, Joseph Francis Ryan Date 28 August 1974
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by John Michael Sherlock as principal consecrator Marcel André J. Gervais 11 June 1980 Frederick Bernard Henry 24 June 1986 Donald Thériault 1 June 1998 Ronald Peter Fabbro 15 August 2002

Sherlock was ordained in 1950. He became the head of the Diocese of London in 1978 - a district that includes over 130 parishes from Windsor to Huron County, with approximately 440,000 parishioners. Sherlock's tenure was riddled with clergy sexual abuse scandals, which shone a harsh spotlight on the prevalence of historical sexual abuse within the Diocese of London.^[2]

Styles of John Michael Sherlock
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Timeline

• January 20, 1926: Born in Regina, Saskatchewan
• June 3, 1950: Ordained priest for Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• June 25, 1974: Appointed Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
• August 28, 1974: Consecrated Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania
• July 7, 1978: Appointed Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
• August 21, 1978: Installed as Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
• April 27, 2002: Bishop Emeritus of London, Ontario, Canada

See also

• Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario