Paul Joseph Nussbaum

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Paul Joseph Nussbaum CP (born September 7, 1870 in Philadelphia , † June 24, 1935 ) was an American clergyman and bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette .

Life

Paul Joseph Nussbaum joined the Passionist one received on 20 May 1894, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

Pope Pius X appointed him on April 4, 1913 as the first bishop of the diocese of Corpus Christi, founded a year earlier . He was ordained episcopal by the Apostolic Delegate in the United States, Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano , on May 20 of the same year; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Newark , John Joseph O'Connor , and the Bishop of Brooklyn , Charles Edward McDonnell . The inauguration in the diocese of Corpus Christi followed on June 8, 1913.

As a result of the church persecution after the Mexican Revolution , several hundred priests and religious came to the young diocese during Nussbaum's tenure. Nussbaum established the Franciscan- run Duns Scotus College in Hebbronville , which also trained seminarians for Mexico.

On April 22, 1920, Nussbaum resigned as Bishop of Corpus Christi and was appointed titular bishop of Gerasa .

Pope Pius XI appointed him on November 14, 1922 Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette .

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predecessor Office successor
--- Bishop of Corpus Christi
1913–1920 		Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina
Friedrich ice Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette
1922–1935 		Joseph Casimir Plagens
personal data
SURNAME Nussbaum, Paul Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1935