FORT WORTH (TX)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.
ramirez@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH For the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, a priest within the diocese was named as its bishop on Tuesday by Pope Francis, diocese officials said.
Pope Francis named Rev. Msgr. Michael F. Olson, 47, a rector of Irving-based Holy Trinity Seminary, as the fourth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth.
The announcement of the appointment was made Tuesday morning by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States — the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S.
Olson will be ordained bishop and installed as Bishop of Fort Worth at a 2 p.m. Mass Jan. 29 in the Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston Street.
The 47-year-old Olson will become the second youngest bishop in the United States to lead a diocese. The youngest is fellow seminary classmate Bishop Oscar Cantú of the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Both are graduates of the St. Mary Seminary in Houston, a Fort Worth diocese release states.
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