Samuel J. Aquila

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Samuel Joseph Aquila
Archbishop of Denver
Archdiocese	Denver
See	Denver
Appointed	May 29, 2012
Installed	July 18, 2012
Predecessor	Charles Chaput
Orders
Ordination	June 5, 1976
Consecration	August 24, 2001 by Harry Joseph Flynn, James Stephen Sullivan, and Charles J. Chaput
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-24) September 24, 1950 Burbank, California
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Fargo (2002–2012) Coadjutor Bishop of Fargo (2001–2002)
Motto	QUODCUMQUE DIXERIT FACITE (Do whatever he says) — John 2:5

Styles of Samuel Joseph Aquila
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Ordination history of Samuel J. Aquila
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Harry Joseph Flynn Date August 24, 2001
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Samuel J. Aquila as principal consecrator Stephen Jay Berg February 27, 2014

Samuel Joseph Aquila (born September 24, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fifth archbishop of Denver. He previously served as the seventh bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo in North Dakota.

Biography

Aquila was born on September 24, 1950 in Burbank, California and ordained a priest in 1976 for the Archdiocese of Denver. From 1999 to 2001 he was the first rector of St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver and Chief Executive Officer of Our Lady of the New Advent Theological Institute. In 2000, Pope John Paul II named him an Honorary Prelate. In 2001 he was named coadjutor Bishop of Fargo and became Bishop of Fargo on March 18, 2002, succeeding Bishop James Sullivan.

From 2005 to 2006, Aquila served as interim administrator of the Diocese of Sioux Falls in South Dakota until the consecration of Paul J. Swain as bishop of that diocese in October 2006.

On May 29, 2012, Aquila was named archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver. Aquila was installed in a ceremony on July 18 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.