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Biography [ edit ]
Early life [ edit ]
Louis Kucera was born in Wheatland , Minnesota , to John Wenceslaus and Mary (née Skluzacek) Kucera, who were Bohemian immigrants.[1] He attended St. John's College before studying at the College of St. Thomas , both in St. Paul.[1] After his graduation in 1909, he was offered admission to the West Point Military Academy. However, Kucera declined, choosing instead to study for the priesthood .[2] He then entered St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul.
Priesthood [ edit ]
Kucera was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Dubuque on June 8, 1915, by Archbishop John Ireland .[3] He then served as a curate at St. Patrick's Parish in Tama, Iowa , until 1916, when he became professor of Latin and prefect of discipline at Columbia College in Dubuque.[1] In 1925, Kucera was named pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Protivin, Iowa .[2]
Bishop of Lincoln [ edit ]
On June 30, 1930, Kucera was appointed the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln by Pope Pius XI .[3] He received his episcopal consecration on October 28, 1930, from Archbishop Francis Beckman , with Bishops Thomas Drumm and Henry Rohlman serving as co-consecrators .[3] He was named an assistant at the pontifical throne and in 1955 a count of the apostolic palace .[4]
Kucera died on May 9, 1957, at age 68.
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Curtis, Georgina Pell (1947). The American Catholic Who's Who . Vol. VII. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
^ a b "Bishop Louis B. Kucera Papers" . University of St. Thomas .
^ a b c "Bishop Louis Benedict Kucera" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org .[self-published source ]
^ "Bishop Kucera, 68, Dies". The New York Times . 1957-05-11.
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