[St. Gabriel Parish News] FW: St. Gabriel Parish News-New Bishop Announcement

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2021
CONTACT: Veronica Ambuul, 719-866-6489, vambuul at coloradocatholicherald.com<mailto:vambuul at coloradocatholicherald.com>
Father James Golka of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska, named Bishop
of Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS. Pope Francis has named Father James Golka, a priest of the Diocese of Grand
Island, Nebraska, as the third Bishop of Colorado Springs. Bishop-elect Golka will be introduced by
Bishop Michael Sheridan during a press conference today at 10 a.m. in the Hanifen Room at the Catholic
Pastoral Center, 228 N. Cascade Ave. The press conference will be broadcast via Facebook Live on the
diocesan Facebook page (@CatholicDioceseCOS).
“I am incredibly humbled and excited for the opportunity to join in the ministry and mission of
the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Colorado Springs,” said Bishop-elect Golka. “I ask for
your prayers; please be assured of mine.”
Bishop-elect Golka, 54, most recently served as Vicar General for the Diocese of Grand Island
and as Rector of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The fourth of ten
children born to Robert and Patricia Golka, he graduated from Creighton University in 1989 with
degrees in philosophy and theology. In 1990, he entered St. Paul Seminary at the University of
St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he earned both a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts
degree in Sacramental Theology. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island on
June 3, 1994, by Bishop Lawrence McNamara.
Bishop Sheridan, who submitted his resignation to Pope Francis upon turning age 75 on March
4, 2020, said that he was very happy with the appointment.
“Bishop-elect Golka has already shown himself to be not only a skilled administrator, but also a
man of prayer,” said Bishop Sheridan. “I believe that he will serve the people of this diocese
very well.”
Bishop-elect Golka’s episcopal ordination is scheduled for late June. Details of the event will be
announced shortly.




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