His Excellency

William Joseph Kurtz
Archbishop Emeritus of Madang
Installed24 July 2001
Term ended30 November 2010
PredecessorBenedict To Varpin
SuccessorStephen Joseph Reichert
Orders
Ordination28 January 1962
by Józef Drzazga
Consecration8 September 1982
by Raymond Rodly Caesar
Personal details
Born(1935-05-28)28 May 1935
Died14 February 2023(2023-02-14) (aged 87)
Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
Previous post(s)Bishop of Kundiawa (1982–1999)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang (1999–2001)

Wilhelm Józef Kurtz (anglicised to William Joseph Kurtz; 28 May 1935 – 14 February 2023) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Kurtz was born in Kempa, Gau Silesia (now Kępa, Opole Voivodeship). He was ordained to the priesthood as a member of the Society of the Divine Word in 1962. He was appointed bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea, in 1982, serving until he was named coadjutor archbishop of Madang in 1999. He succeeded Benedict To Varpin as archbishop in 2001, and retired from this position in 2010.[1]

References

  1. "Bishop William Joseph Kurtz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 12 June 2020.


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