{{Short description|Catholic bishop}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Michael Joseph Green | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Reno<br>Titular Bishop of Trisipa | image = | caption = | province = | diocese = | see = | enthroned = | ended = | predecessor = Robert Joseph Dwyer | successor = Norman Francis McFarland | ordination = July 14, 1946 | consecration = August 28, 1962 | other_post = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|10|13}} | birth_place = St. Joseph, Michigan, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|08|30|1917|10|13}} | death_place = Pontiac, Michigan, US | denomination = Roman Catholic Church | ordained_by = Joseph H. Albers | motto = ''Fiat voluntas tua''<br>(Thy will be done) | consecrated_by = Joseph H. Albers | previous_post = Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing (1962 to 1967) | education = Pontifical Lateran University }} '''Michael Joseph Green''' (October 13, 1917 – August 30, 1982) was a 20th-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Reno in Nevada from 1967 to 1974. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Lansing in Michigan from 1962 to 1967.

==Biography==

=== Early life and priesthood === Michael Green was born on October 13, 1917, in St. Joseph, Michigan. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of Lansing's Bishops |url=https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/office-bishop/history-lansings-bishops |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=Diocese of Lansing |language=en}}</ref>He was ordained a priest by Bishop Joseph H. Albers for the Diocese of Lansing at St. Joseph's Church in St. Joseph on July 14, 1946.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Bishop Michael Joseph Green [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgreenm.html |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> After his ordination, the diocese assigned Green as secretary and notary to its tribunal. He went to Rome in 1951 to study canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University. Green received a Doctor of Canon Law degree summa cum laude in 1954.<ref name=":0" />

After Green returned to Lansing, Albers appointed him as his private secretary. He was named chancellor of the diocese and pastor of St. Joseph's in 1957. The Vatican in 1959 elevated Green to the rank of domestic prelate.<ref name=":0" />

=== Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing === On June 22, 1962, Pope John XXIII named Green as titular bishop of Trisipa and auxiliary bishop of Lansing. He was consecrated a bishop at St. Mary's Cathedral in Lansing, Michigan, on August 28, 1962, by Bishop Joseph H. Albers. The co-consecrators were Bishops Clarence George Issenmann and Charles Salatka. From 1962 to 1965, Green attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome.<ref name=":1" />

=== Bishop of Reno === On March 11, 1967, Pope Paul VI named Green as the third bishop of Reno. He served the diocese for seven years until his resignation was accepted by Paul VI on December 6, 1974. After his retirement, Green returned to Lansing to serve as pastor of St. Joseph Church in Adrian, Michigan. Green died on August 30, 1982, in Pontiac, Michigan.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

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