Vice President, Corporate Ethics

Fr. Coleman received his Master of Divinity from St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California, his Master of Arts degree from the University of San Francisco, his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and his S.T.L. (Licentiate of Sacred Theology) from St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore. Fr. Coleman has served in various executive capacities and is a lecturer and prolific writer, contributing to various newspapers and magazines and authoring nine books. Additionally, he is actively involved with a number of boards and committees including the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Seton Medical Center Ethics Committee, and consultor to RETA Insurance Company. Fr. Coleman serves as Director of Health and Health Care Services for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and is a lecturer in Moral Theology at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. In addition to his responsibility with DCHS, Fr. Coleman continues to teach at Santa Clara University and helps direct their new ethics website.

In his role with the health system, Fr. Coleman educates the Local Health Ministry boards, system leadership, physicians and associates on the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Facilities. He has developed a framework for ethical decision making throughout the organization, and plays a key role in formulating responses to ethical challenges faced by our health system. As a member of the DCHS senior leadership team, Fr. Coleman serves as a spokesperson on all bioethics issues and participates in key DCHS committees, including the Local Health Ministry Bioethics committees.