Bishop Blasius Sigibald Kurz, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China

Titular Bishop of Terenuthis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1894		Born
1 Aug 1914	20.4	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor
2 Aug 1915	21.4	First Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
2 Aug 1919	25.4	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
21 Dec 1919	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
17 Jul 1935	41.4	Appointed	Prefect of Mount Currie, South Africa
11 Jul 1939	45.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Terenuthis
11 Jul 1939	45.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kokstad, South Africa
29 Oct 1939	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Terenuthis
21 May 1948	54.2	Appointed	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China
13 Dec 1973	79.8	Died	Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow], China

MicroData Summary for Blasius Sigibald Kurz
(WikiData: Q881905)
Bishop Blasius Sigibald Kurz O.F.M. (born 3 Feb 1894, died 13 Dec 1973) Prefect of Lingling [Yungchow]

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Sontheim, Diocese of Rottenburg, Germany
Ordained Priest München, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Waldsassen

a priest for 53.9 years
a bishop for 34.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Dionysius Antonius Schüler, O.F.M. †
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius XII
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini †
Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia
Archbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †
Titular Archbishop of Brysis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sontheim, Diocese of Rottenburg, Germany
Ordained Priest	München, Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Waldsassen

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 63
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 13 Jan 2020
c1: CB, 22 May 2022
prof: CB, 9 Jul 2022

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