William Joseph Kurtz
Wilhelm Józef Kurtz (anglicised to William Joseph Kurtz; born 28 May 1935) is a former Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Kępa, Opole Voivodeship, Kurtz was ordained to the priesthood as a member if 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 2015.[1]
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- ^ "Bishop William Joseph Kurtz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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