Joseph Edward Kurtz
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Edward Kurtz |
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| Archbishop of Louisville | |
| Archdiocese | Louisville |
| Appointed | June 12, 2007 |
| Installed | August 15, 2007 |
| Predecessor | Thomas C. Kelly, O.P |
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| Ordination | March 18, 1972 by Joseph McShea |
| Consecration | December 8, 1999 by Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Thomas C. Kelly, and Edward Peter Cullen |
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| Born |
August 18, 1946 Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality |
 American
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Parents | George and Stella (née Zmijewski) Kurtz |
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| Alma mater |
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Marywood University |
| Motto | HOPE IN THE LORD |
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Styles of Joseph Edward Kurtz |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Gabriel Montalvo Higuera |
| Date of consecration | December 8, 1999 |
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Bishops consecrated by Joseph Edward Kurtz as principal consecrator
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| William Medley | February 10, 2010 |
| Charles C. Thompson | June 29, 2011 |
| John Stowe | May 5, 2015 |
Joseph Edward Kurtz (born August 18, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, having previously served as Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1999 to 2007. Kurtz also served as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops between 2013 and 2016.
Joseph Kurtz was born in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, to George and Stella (née Zmijewski) Kurtz. He is of Polish descent. One of five children (Rose Marie, Theresa, George, and Patricia), he entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1964, from where he obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's in divinity. Kurtz was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph McShea on March 18, 1972, and did his post-graduate work at Marywood University in Scranton, earning a master's in social work.
During his priestly ministry in the Diocese of Allentown, Kurtz served as a high school and college teacher, an administrator, and a pastor in Catasauqua and Bethlehem. He was raised to the rank of Monsignor in 1986.
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