Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 May 1935		Born
28 Jan 1962	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
8 Jun 1982	47.0	Appointed	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
8 Sep 1982	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
15 Oct 1999	64.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
24 Jul 2001	66.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
30 Nov 2010	75.5	Retired	Archbishop of Madang, Papua New Guinea
14 Feb 2023	87.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary for William Joseph Kurtz
(WikiData: Q224730)
Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz S.V.D. (born 28 May 1935, died 14 Feb 2023) Archbishop Emeritus of Madang

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kepa, Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
Ordained Bishop Mingende
Death Place Kundiawa, Diocese of Kundiawa

a priest for 61.0 years
a bishop for 40.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Józef Drzazga †
Titular Bishop of Siniandus
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Goroka
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. †
Bishop Emeritus of Goroka
Archbishop Francesco De Nittis †
Titular Archbishop of Tunes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. † (1978)
Bishop of Goroka
Bishop John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. † (1967)
Bishop of Goroka
Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland † (1940)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Walenty Gryk, S.V.D. (1983)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Anton Bal (1991)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D. (2000)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. (1996)
Bishop Christian Conrad Blouin, C.M.M. † (2007)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 79, Number 6,422
d: CB, 14 Feb 2023

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