Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Denver, U.S.A. The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Denver, United States of America, presented by Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila. The Holy Father has appointed Bishop James R. Golka as metropolitan archbishop of Denver, United States of America, transferring him from the diocese of Colorado Springs, United States of America. Curriculum vitae Archbishop-elect James Robert Golka was born on 22 September 1966 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He attended Creighton University in Omaha, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. He subsequently carried out his ecclesiastical studies at Saint Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he was awarded a Master of Divinity. He was ordained a priest on 3 June 1994 for the diocese of Grand Island. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint James in Kearney (1994-2000) and Holy Rosary in Alliance (2000-2001), parish priest of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Scottsbluff (2001-2006) and Saint Patrick in North Platte (2006-2016), vicar general (2018-2021) and rector of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral (2016-2021). He was appointed bishop of Colorado Springs on 30 April 2021, receiving episcopal consecration on the following 29 June. |
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