Bishop Michael Fors Olson

Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1966		Born
6 Nov 1993	27.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3 Jun 1994	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
19 Nov 2013	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
29 Jan 2014	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary
Michael Fors Olson
Bishop Michael Fors Olson
(born 29 Jun 1966)
Bishop of Fort Worth

Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Park Ridge, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest St. Patrick, Cathedral, Fort Worth, Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas
Ordained Bishop Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Fort Worth.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop James Anthony Tamayo
Titular Bishop of Ita
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Patrick Delaney †
Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S.
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †
Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Bishop Kevin William Vann
Bishop of Orange in California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. (2003)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I. † (1990)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan † (1976)
Titular Archbishop of Amiternum
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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: Q15211249

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Nov 2013
ob/c2: CB, 19 Nov 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,085
op.loc: CB, 24 Oct 2022

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