John Nicholas Wurm
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Biography
John Wurm was born the seventh of fourteen children of Anthony and Rose Wurm on December 6, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was baptized on December 18, 1927, at All Souls Church in Overland, Missouri. Wurm attended All Souls Catholic School, the Cathedral Latin School, and Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis.
Wurm was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Louis on April 3, 1954, by Cardinal Joseph Ritter.[1]
Wurm was appointed titular bishop of Plestia and as an auxiliary bishop of St. Louis on June 25, 1976, by Pope Paul VI. Wurm was consecrated bishop on August 17, 1976, by Cardinal John Carberry.[2][1]
On September 19, 1981, Wurm was appointed as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Belleville by Pope John Paul II. Wurm was installed on November 4, 1981.[1]
Bishop Wurm died on April 27, 1984, in Belleville of cancer.[1]
References
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External links
- A biography of Bp. Wurm from Knights of Columbus Council #1376, in Bp. Wurm's hometown
- Listing of former bishops of the Diocese of Belleville, from the Diocese's official site
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- 1927 births
- 1984 deaths
- People from Belleville, Illinois
- Clergy from St. Louis
- Kenrick–Glennon Seminary alumni
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic bishops of Belleville
- Religious leaders from Missouri