Bishop John Thomas Folda

Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Aug 1961		Born
27 May 1989	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
8 Apr 2013	51.6	Appointed	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
19 Jun 2013	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

MicroData Summary
John Thomas Folda
Bishop John Thomas Folda
(born 8 Aug 1961)
Bishop of Fargo

Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Omaha, NE, Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska
Ordained Priest Risen Christ, Cathedral, Lincoln, Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Fargo, Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Fargo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin †
Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Bishop James Douglas Conley
Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt (1996)
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10862439

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Apr 2013
c2+: CB, 5 Jun 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 214, Number 17,805
op.loc: CB, 21 Oct 2022

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