Peter Joseph Hurth
Peter Joseph Hurth CSC (born March 30, 1857 in Nittel , Rhineland-Palatinate ; † August 1, 1935 in Manila , Philippines ) was a Catholic religious and bishop of Dacca and bishop of Nueva Segovia .
Live and act
Peter Joseph Hurth came from Nittel an der Mosel, emigrated to the United States of America in 1874 and joined the Congregation of the Holy Cross there in 1875 . The frater worked 1877-1879 as an instructor for Latin and Greek at the religious University of Notre Dame , Indiana , and was ordained a priest on March 30, 1880 . Until 1884, Hurth served as director of St. Joseph's College in Cincinnati , Ohio , then as president of St. Edward's College in Austin, Texas .
On June 26, 1894, Pope Leo XIII appointed him . as Bishop of Dacca in British India (today Bangladesh ). He was ordained bishop by Bishop Joseph Rademacher of Nashville . Co- consecrators were Bishops Henry Joseph Richter from Grand Rapids and James Schwebach from La Crosse . Hurth resigned from this office on February 15, 1909 for health reasons and was appointed titular bishop of Milopotamus .
On January 7, 1913, Pope Pius X appointed the German prelate as diocesan bishop of Nueva Segovia , based in Vigan City , Philippines . There Peter Joseph Hurth worked for a further 13 years as senior shepherd before he resigned from his office on November 12, 1926 and on the same day became honorary titular archbishop of Bostra .
Bishop Hurth visited his homeland in 1898 and also in 1910, where he took part in the German Catholic Day in Augsburg that year and is therefore mentioned in the official commemorative publication or shown with a portrait. In 1927 he was chief consecrator of Bishop George Joseph Finnigan CSC (1885-1932), of Helena .
Peter Joseph Hurth honored his place of birth Nittel with a plaque.
literature
- David Shavit: The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary . Greenwood Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-313-26788-X , p. 256, scan from source .
- University of Notre Dame Archives (ed.): Guide to manuscript collections. 1993, p. 213, excerpt from the source .
- Hans-Josef Wietor: The history of the place Nittel (= local chronicles of the Trier region , No. 33). Local community Nittel, Nittel 2000 (with its own chapter on Bishop Hurth), where to find the book .
Web links
- Entry on Peter Joseph Hurth on catholic-hierarchy.org
- "Peter Joseph Hurth Papers [HRT "], on Inventory of the Collections of the University of Notre Dame [Directory of the Collections of the University of Notre Dame] Archives of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, VSA (English)
- Archbishop Peter Joseph Hurth , CSC, on Wikiphilippinas (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Website on the church history of Nittel with mention of Bishop Hurth's visit in 1898
- ↑ Jakob Seiwert: Report on the negotiations of the 57th General Assembly of Catholics in Germany in Augsburg, from August 21 to 25, 1910. (Portrait before p. 41)
- ↑ Local newspaper Nittel, October 2008, with a picture of the memorial plaque on page 5 (PDF document; 2.4 MB)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hurth, Peter Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bishop and archbishop in British India and the Philippines |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nittel on the Moselle |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1935 |
| Place of death | Manila |