Michael Patrick Driscoll

Michael Patrick Driscoll (August 8, 1939 – October 24, 2017) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Boise in Idaho from 1999 to 2014. Driscoll previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange in California from 1990 to 1999.

Early life Michael Driscoll was born on August 8, 1939, 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, California,

Priesthood Driscoll was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Cardinal James McIntyre on May 1, 1965. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Driscoll to pastoral assignments at parishes in Los Angeles and Burbank, California. He earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1973. He wrote that 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." After 15 years in Boise, Driscoll retired on August 8, 2014. Driscoll died in Boise on October 24, 2017.