Michael William Warfel

Michael William Warfel (born September 16, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings in Montana from 2007 to 2023.

[1] After leaving the Army in 1971, Warfel entered St. Gregory's College Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, obtaining a Bachelor of Philosophy degree.

He later requested permission to transfer from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, which was sponsoring his vocation, to the Archdiocese of Anchorage.

Warfel was ordained to the priesthood by Francis Hurley for the Archdiocese of Anchorage on April 26, 1980 at St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend, Indiana.

He received his episcopal consecration on December 17, 1996, from Archbishop Francis Hurley, with Bishops Michael Kaniecki and William Skylstad serving as co-consecrators, at Centennial Hall in Juneau, Alaska.

Philip J. Murnion Lecture of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative in Chicago, giving an address entitled, "Journey to Communion in Christ".

[4][8] In July 2018, Warfel reprimanded two priests from the diocese who, in clerical garb, attended a rally in Great Falls, Montana, for President Donald Trump.