FORT WORTH (TX)
National Catholic Reporter
Dennis Coday | Nov. 19, 2013 NCR Today
This is a press release from the U.S. bishops’ conference this morning:
Pope names seminary rector bishop of Fort Worth, Texas
November 19, 2013
WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has named Msgr. Michael Olson, 47, a priest of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas and rector of Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, as bishop of Fort Worth.
The appointment was publicized in Washington, November 19, by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
He succeeds Bishop Kevin Vann, who was named bishop of Orange, California, September 21, 2012.
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