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<p><a href="http://www.saintgabriel.net/" title=""St. Gabriel the Archangel" "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="118" height="120" style="width:1.2291in;height:1.25in" id="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:695eb444-1248-42c2-b00a-5ae64a98bf96" alt="St. Gabriel the Archangel"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Saint Gabriel the Archangel Parish</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">April 23, 2021 (See this weekend’s</span><a href="https://www.saintgabriel.net/parish-info/bulletins/send/2-bulletins/3485-april-25-2021"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Bulletin)</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<h2>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>April 30, 2021<o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>CONTACT: Veronica Ambuul, 719-866-6489, <a href="mailto:vambuul@coloradocatholicherald.com">
vambuul@coloradocatholicherald.com</a> <o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>Father James Golka of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska, named Bishop <o:p>
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<h2>of Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>COLORADO SPRINGS. Pope Francis has named Father James Golka, a priest of the Diocese of Grand
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<h2>Island, Nebraska, as the third Bishop of Colorado Springs. Bishop-elect Golka will be introduced by
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<h2>Bishop Michael Sheridan during a press conference today at 10 a.m. in the Hanifen Room at the Catholic
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<h2>Pastoral Center, 228 N. Cascade Ave. The press conference will be broadcast via Facebook Live on the
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<h2>diocesan Facebook page (@CatholicDioceseCOS). <o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>“I am incredibly humbled and excited for the opportunity to join in the ministry and mission of
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<h2>the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Colorado Springs,” said Bishop-elect Golka. “I ask for
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<h2>your prayers; please be assured of mine.”<o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>Bishop-elect Golka, 54, most recently served as Vicar General for the Diocese of Grand Island
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<h2>and as Rector of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The fourth of ten
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<h2>children born to Robert and Patricia Golka, he graduated from Creighton University in 1989 with
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<h2>degrees in philosophy and theology. In 1990, he entered St. Paul Seminary at the University of
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<h2>St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he earned both a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts
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<h2>degree in Sacramental Theology. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island on
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<h2>June 3, 1994, by Bishop Lawrence McNamara. <o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>Bishop Sheridan, who submitted his resignation to Pope Francis upon turning age 75 on March
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<h2>4, 2020, said that he was very happy with the appointment. <o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>“Bishop-elect Golka has already shown himself to be not only a skilled administrator, but also a
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<h2>man of prayer,” said Bishop Sheridan. “I believe that he will serve the people of this diocese
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<h2>very well.”<o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2>Bishop-elect Golka’s episcopal ordination is scheduled for late June. Details of the event will be
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<h2>announced shortly.<o:p></o:p></h2>
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