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Midland Reporter-Telegram
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - Growing up in a family of 11 children, Bishop Michael Pfeifer, of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, said he has always had a strong Catholic faith.
“We were nine girls and two poor boys,” he said with a chuckle, recalling his childhood. “By the time I was born, two of my sisters had died, so I was surrounded by seven sisters. We didn’t have too much in the line of material possessions, but we had enough, thank God.”
Pfeifer, who submitted his letter of resignation upon his 75th birthday in May 2012, as is required of all Catholic priests, will officially retire upon the installation of his successor Monday. The bishop-elect is Monsignor Michael Sis, currently serving as vicar general of the Catholic Diocese of Austin.
Sis’s ordination and installation Mass will take place at 2 p.m. Monday at The Junell Center at Angelo State University in San Angelo.
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