Father Kenneth M. Bolin is an Illinois farm-boy, with degrees from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (Arabic/French, 1996), Dallas Theological Seminary (Pastoral Leadership, 2006), and the Catholic University of America (Moral Theology & Ethics, 2014). He served in the U.S. Army from 1992-2019. He deployed 5 times with the Army, spending 4 years in combat zones. Upon military retirement, he moved to Fort Worth to serve St. Thomas Becket Catholic Church.
A convert to the Catholic Church, he was previously a non-Catholic minister, and is married to Sharon. They have 3 children and 2 grandchildren.