Joseph Maria Koudelka

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Joseph Maria Koudelka
Bishop of Superior
Installed April 6, 1913
Term ended June 24, 1921
Predecessor Augustine Francis Schinner
Successor Joseph G. Pinten
Other posts Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland (auxiliary bishop) 1908–1911
Orders
Ordination November 29, 1875
Personal details
Birth name Joseph Maria Koudelka
Born (1852-12-08)December 8, 1852
Chlistova, Austria
Died June 24, 1921(1921-06-24) (aged 68)
Superior, Wisconsin
Denomination Catholic Church

Joseph Maria Koudelka (December 8, 1852 – June 24, 1921) was the second Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, in Superior, Wisconsin.[1]

Born in Bohemia (now Austria),[2][3] Koudelka was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood was November 29, 1875, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, in Cleveland, Ohio. On November 29, 1907, Pope Pius X appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Cleveland Diocese and he was ordained a bishop on February 25, 1908. On June 24, 1911 Pope Pius X appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4] On April 6, 1913, Pope Pius X appointed Bishop Koudelka bishop of the Superior Diocese, where he died.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.catholicdos.org/index.php?cat=121312060687509
  2. ↑ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04055a.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.coabvm.org/history2.shtml
  4. ↑ http://www.archmil.org/aboutus/history3.asp
  5. ↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkoudelka.html
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