John Folda

John Thomas Folda (born August 8, 1961) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Fargo since 2013.

[1] After his 1989 ordination, the diocese assigned Folda as an assistant pastor at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ Parish and a religion teacher at St. Pius X High School in Lincoln.

[2] In 1991, Folda traveled to Rome to study at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Folda also served as a teacher and counselor at Lourdes Central Catholic High School in Nebraska City.

Pope Benedict XVI named Folda a chaplain of his holiness, with the title "monsignor" in 2007.