Samuel J. Aquila

The Most Reverend Samuel Joseph Aquila
Archbishop of Denver
Archdiocese	Denver
See	Denver
Appointed	May 29, 2012
Installed	July 18, 2012
Predecessor	Charles Chaput
Orders
Ordination	June 5, 1976
Consecration	August 24, 2001 by Harry Joseph Flynn
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-24) September 24, 1950 Burbank, California
Previous post	Bishop of Fargo (2002–2012) Coadjutor Bishop of Fargo (2001–2002)
Motto	QUODCUMQUE DIXERIT FACITE (Do whatever he says) — John 2:5
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Samuel Joseph Aquila is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fifth archbishop of Denver. He previously served as the seventh bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo in North Dakota.

Biography

Aquila was born on September 24, 1950 in Burbank, California and ordained a priest in 1976 for the Archdiocese of Denver. From 1999 to 2001 he was the first rector of St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver and Chief Executive Officer of Our Lady of the New Advent Theological Institute. In 2000, Pope John Paul II named him an Honorary Prelate. In 2001 he was named coadjutor Bishop of Fargo and became Bishop of Fargo on March 18, 2002, succeeding Bishop James Sullivan.

From 2005 to 2006, Aquila served as interim administrator of the Diocese of Sioux Falls in South Dakota until the consecration of Paul J. Swain as bishop of that diocese in October 2006.^[1][2]

On May 29, 2012, Aquila was named archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver.^[3] Aquila was installed in a ceremony on July 18 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.^[4]

References

Archdiocese of Denver Ordinaries Bishops Joseph Projectus Machebeuf Nicholas Chrysostom Matz John Henry Tihen Archbishops Urban John Vehr James Vincent Casey James Stafford Charles J. Chaput Samuel J. Aquila Auxiliary Bishops David Monas Maloney George Roche Evans Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen José Horacio Gómez James D. Conley Churches Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Parishes Annunciation Church, Denver St. Dominic's Church, Denver St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Denver St. Joseph's Church, Denver St. Joseph's (Polish) Church, Denver St. Anthony's Church, Sterling Chapels Chapel on the Rock St. Patrick Mission Church, Denver Education Higher Education Regis University Augustine Institute Seminary Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary High Schools Arrupe Jesuit High School, Denver Bishop Machebeuf Catholic High School, Denver Holy Family High School, Broomfield Mullen High School, Denver Our Lady of the Rosary Academy, Mountain View Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora St. Mary's Academy, Cherry Hills Village Former high schools Marycrest Girls High School, Denver Colorado Catholic Academy, Wheat Ridge Priests Hubert Newell R. Walker Nickless John Baptist Pitaval Miscellany John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization Our Lady of the New Advent Catholicism Portal

Diocese of Fargo Bishops John Shanley James O'Reilly Aloisius Joseph Muench Leo Ferdinand Dworschak Justin Albert Driscoll James Stephen Sullivan Samuel J. Aquila John Folda Churches Cathedral Cathedral of St. Mary Basilica St. James Basilica Parishes St. Michael's Church, Grand Forks St. Stanislaus Church, Warsaw Chapel St. Joseph's Chapel, Minto Former St. Catherine's Church, Whitman Education High School Shanley High School, Fargo Priests Raymond W. Lessard William Theodore Mulloy Vincent James Ryan Catholicism Portal