Walter William Curtis

Walter William Curtis (May 3, 1913 – October 18, 1997) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Bridgeport from 1961 to 1988.

Walter Curtis was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and studied at Fordham University in New York City. After graduating from Seton Hall University in 1934, he attended Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange before furthering his studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College. Curtis was ordained to the priesthood on December 8, 1937. He completed his graduate studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University the following year.

Upon his return to the United States, he became a professor of moral theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary in 1938. He later earned a doctorate in sacred theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. On June 27, 1957, Curtis was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Newark and Titular Bishop of Bisica by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 24 from Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland, with Bishops James A. McNulty and George W. Ahr serving as co-consecrators. In addition to his episcopal duties, he was named pastor of Sacred Heart Church at Bloomfield in 1958.

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