Early life Sheldon was born on September 20, 1926, in
Cleveland,
Ohio, one of 12 children of Ignatius Peter and Stephania Josephine (née Olszewski) Solinski-Sheldon. He received his early education at the
parochial school of St. Phillip Neri Parish, and then attended
Cathedral Latin High School In Chardon, Ohio. After this ordination, between 1953 and 1964, Sheldon served as an
associate pastor at St. Rose's Parish in Cleveland, St. Clare's Parish in
Lyndhurst, Ohio, and Saints Philip and James Parish in Cleveland. Sheldon was director of missions when the archdiocese sponsored a mission in
El Salvador, then in the midst of an insurgency. ==See also==