John Folda

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Bishop's coat of arms by John Thomas Folda

John Thomas Folda (born August 8, 1961 in Omaha , Nebraska , USA ) is Bishop of Fargo .

Life

John Folda received on 27 May 1989, the sacrament of the priesthood by the Bishop of Lincoln , Glennon Patrick Flavin .

On April 8, 2013, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Fargo. He was ordained episcopal on June 19, 2013 , by the Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis , John Clayton Nienstedt . Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Denver , Samuel Joseph Aquila , and the Bishop of Lincoln, James Douglas Conley .

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predecessor Office successor
Samuel Joseph Aquila Bishop of Fargo
since 2013
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