Norman Francis McFarland
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Norman Francis McFarland (February 21, 1922 – April 16, 2010) was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Orange. He had previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Reno and bishop of the renamed Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas.
Norman McFarland was born in Martinez, California as the third oldest son of Francis and Agnes (Kotchevar) McFarland. He went to public schools and eventually attended Saint Joseph Seminary in Mountain View, California. McFarland earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943 at Saint Patrick Major Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1946 by Archbishop John J. Mitty for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
In 1946, McFarland was an associate pastor at St. Andrew's in Oakland, California when he was selected by Archbishop Mitty to attend the Catholic University of America. He earned a Doctor of Canon Law degree and returned to the archdiocese. McFarland served in a number of archdiocesan positions, including as a marriage tribunal official and a professor at Lone Mountain College and San Francisco College for Women.
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