Bishop David E. Fellhauer

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Bishop David E. Fellhauer was born August 19, 1939 in Kansas City, MO. He was ordained a priest for the (then) Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth on May 29, 1965. He was appointed the second Bishop of the Diocese of Victoria on April 7, 1990 and ordained and installed as the Bishop of the Diocese of Victoria in Texas on May 28, 1990.

Bishop Fellhauer received a doctorate in Canon Law from Saint Paul University in 1979. He received the Role of Law award from the Canon Law Society of America 29 years later in 1998 and serves on the Committee on Canonical Affairs for the USCCB.

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