By Loretta Fulton

The public is invited to hear Bishop Michael Sis speak at the monthly meeting of the Abilene Association of Congregations on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

Sis has been bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo since 2014. The meeting will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road. Lunch will begin at 11:45 a.m. A $3 donation is requested for lunch. 

Sis is the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo. He oversees parishes and missions in 29 counties in West Texas, covering an area of 37,000 square miles.

Bishop Michael Sis

Sis grew up in Bryan and earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy in 1982 from the University of Notre Dame. He studied theology at the North American College in Rome, earning graduate degrees from the Gregorian University in 1985 and the Alphonsian Academy of the Lateran University in 1990.

​He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Austin in 1986 and served as a priest in that diocese for more than 27 years. He was ordained and installed as Bishop of San Angelo in 2014.

Sis has been a member of the Doctrine Committee, the Administrative Committee, the Committee on Priorities and Plans, and the Evangelization and Catechesis Committee in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. 

Loretta Fulton is creator and editor of Spirit of Abilene