Samuel Joseph Aquila (/əkwiːlə/; born September 24, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Denver since 2012.

[1] In 1999, Archbishop Charles Chaput appointed Aquila as rector of the new St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver.

In 2000, Pope John Paul II named Aquila as an honorary prelate (monsignor).

His role in Sioux Falls ended with the consecration of Monsignor Paul J. Swain as the new bishop in October 2006.

[7] Aquila in 2018 released a letter on the sexual abuse charges against then Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.