Diocese of Fargo, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Fargo / Fargen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1897.04.06: Established as Diocese of Fargo / Fargen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Jamestown and became suffragan of Saint Paul)
1909.12.31: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bismarck
2018.05.20: Lost territory to Diocese of Bismarck

Contact Info

Address: Chancery Office, 5201 Bishops Blvd., Suite A, Fargo, ND 58104-7605, USA

Phone: +1 (701) 356-7900

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.04.08 – ...):

Bishop John Thomas Folda (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Fargo (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Thomas Folda (63)
(2013.04.08 – ...)

Bishop of Fargo (USA)

Verbum caro factum est

Born:	1961.08.08 (Omaha, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.06.19

Priest of Lincoln (USA) (1989.05.27 – 2013.04.08)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2007 – 2013.04.08)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (2013.04.08 – ...)

Bishop David Dennis Kagan (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.07.18 – 2013.04.08)

Bishop Samuel Joseph Aquila (74) (later Archbishop)
(2002.03.18 – 2012.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA)

Quodcumque dixerit facite

Born:	1950.09.24 (Burbank, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.24

Priest of Denver (USA) (1976.06.05 – 2001.06.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Fargo (USA) (2001.06.12 – 2002.03.18)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (2002.03.18 – 2012.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA) (2012.05.29 – ...)

Bishop James Stephen Sullivan
(1985.03.29 – 2002.03.18)

Doce nos Domine

Born:	1929.07.23 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.09.21
Died:	2006.06.12 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Siccesi (1972.07.25 – 1985.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lansing (USA) (1972.07.25 – 1985.03.29)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1985.03.29 – 2002.03.18)

Bishop Justin Albert Driscoll
(1970.09.08 – 1984.11.19)

Discere et servire Christum

Born:	1920.09.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.10.18
Died:	1984.11.19 († 64)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1970.09.08 – 1984.11.19)

Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak
(1960.02.23 – 1970.09.08)

Vivamus per Christum

Born:	1900.04.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1926.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.08.22
Died:	1976.11.05 († 76)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1946.06.22 – 1947.04.10)

Titular Bishop of Tium (1946.06.22 – 1960.02.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1947.04.10 – 1960.02.23)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1960.02.23 – 1970.09.08)

Titular Bishop of Meta (1970.09.08 – 1971.01.13)

Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench (later Cardinal)
(1950.10.28 – 1959.12.09)

In omnibus Christus

Born:	1889.02.18 (Milwaukee, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1913.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.10.15
Created Cardinal:	1959.12.14
Died:	1962.02.15 (Roma, Italy † 72)

Priest of Milwaukee (USA) (1913.06.08 – 1935.08.10)

Domestic Prelate (1934.09.21 – 1935.08.10)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1935.08.10 – 1950.10.28)

Archbishop-Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1950.10.28 – 1959.12.09)

Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1951.03.09 – 1959.12.09)

Titular Archbishop of Selymbria (1959.12.09 – 1959.12.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1959.12.17 – 1962.02.15)

Bishop Aloisius Joseph Muench (later Cardinal)
(1935.08.10 – 1950.10.28)

(see above)

Bishop James O’Reilly
(1909.06.24 – 1934.12.19)

Dominus virtutum nobiscum

Born:	1855.10.10 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1880.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.19
Died:	1934.12.19 († 79)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1909.06.24 – 1934.12.19)

Bishop John Shanley
(1897.04.06 – 1909.06.24)

In principio

Born:	1852.01.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1874.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.12.27
Died:	1909.07.16 († 57)

Bishop of Jamestown (USA) (1889.11.15 – 1897.04.06)

Bishop of Fargo (USA) (1897.04.06 – 1909.06.24)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Samuel Joseph Aquila (74) (later Archbishop) (2001.06.12 – 2002.03.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (1947.04.10 – 1960.02.23)