Adolph Marx (bishop)
Most Reverend Adolph Marx | |
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| Bishop of Brownsville | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | July 9, 1965 |
| Installed | September 2, 1965 |
| Term ended | November 1, 1965 |
| Successor | Humberto Sousa Medeiros |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 2, 1940 |
| Consecration | October 9, 1956 by Mariano Simon Garriga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 18, 1915 Cologne, Germany |
| Died | November 1, 1965 (aged 50) |
Adolph Marx (February 18, 1915 – November 1, 1965) served as the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, in Brownsville, Texas.
Biography[]
Born in Cologne, Germany, Marx was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Corpus Christi on May 2, 1940. On July 6, 1956, Pope Pius XII appointed Marx auxiliary bishop of the Corpus Christi Diocese and he was consecrated on October 9, 1956. On July 9, 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed Marx to be Bishop of the Brownsville Diocese and he was installed on September 2, 1965.[1] Later in the year, Bishop Marx visited his native city, where he died suddenly on November 1.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ "Bishop Adolph Marx". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2009-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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