Michael Fors Olson
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Michael Fors Olson
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| Bishop of Fort Worth | |
 Bishop Olson in 2018
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| Archdiocese | San Antonio |
| Diocese | Fort Worth |
| Appointed | November 19, 2013 |
| Installed | January 29, 2014 |
| Predecessor | Kevin Vann |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 3, 1994 by Joseph Patrick Delaney |
| Consecration | January 29, 2014 by Gustavo García-Siller, Joseph Fiorenza, and Kevin Vann |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 29, 1966 |
| Motto |
Veritatis splendor (Splendor of truth) |
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Styles of Michael Fors Olson | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Michael Fors Olson (born June 29, 1966) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth in Texas since 2013.
Early life and education
Michael Olson was born on June 29, 1966, in Park Ridge, Illinois, to Ronald G. and Janice (Fetzer) Olson. He was raised in Des Plaines, Illinois, where he attended St. Mary's School. He then attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary North in Chicago. When the Olson family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, Michael Olson resumed his seminary studies there.
Olson earned a bachelor of arts and master's degrees in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He later received Master of Theology and Master of Divinity degrees from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He received a Doctor of Moral Theology degree from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome.
Priesthood
Olson was ordained a priest by Bishop Joseph Delaney for the Diocese of Fort Worth on June 3, 1994. After his ordination, Olson served as the parochial vicar at St. Michael's Parish in Bedford, Texas, from 1994 to 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he was engaged in doctoral studies at the Center for Health Care Ethics in the Catholic Tradition at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. Olson then served as a formation director at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston from 2001 to 2006. Olson served as the vicar general of the diocese from 2006 to 2008 and the rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, Texas from 2008 to 2013. He was named a chaplain of his holiness, with the title monsignor, by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.
Bishop of Fort Worth
Pope Francis named Olson as bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth on November 19, 2013. He was consecrated on January 29, 2014, by Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller. Archbishop Emeritus Fiorenza and Bishop Kevin Vann were the co-consecrators. The liturgy was celebrated in the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Olson is a panel member of American Religious Town Hall and a frequent radio guest on Guadalupe Radio Network and “The Catholic Current.”