Bishop George Martin Kuzma †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jul 1925		Born
29 May 1955	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
11 Nov 1986	61.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
11 Nov 1986	61.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Telmissus
4 Feb 1987	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Telmissus
23 Oct 1990	65.2	Appointed	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA
15 Jan 1991	65.4	Installed	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA
5 Dec 2000	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA
7 Dec 2008	83.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA

MicroData Summary for George Martin Kuzma
(WikiData: Q1507716)
Bishop George Martin Kuzma (born 24 Jul 1925, died 7 Dec 2008) Bishop Emeritus of Van Nuys

Event Place
Birth Place Windber
Ordained Priest St. John Chrysostom, Church, Pittsburg, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop St. Michel, Cathedral, Passaic, Eparchy of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey

a priest for 53.5 years
a bishop for 21.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nicholas Thomas Elko †
Titular Bishop of Apollonias
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Stephen John Kocisko †
Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Joseph Dudick †
Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey
Bishop Thomas Victor Dolinay †
Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Stephen John Kocisko † (1956)
Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
Bishop Nicholas Thomas Elko † (1955)
Titular Bishop of Apollonias
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Robert Mark Pipta (1993)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Robert Mark Pipta (1994)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk † (1995)
Archbishop Basil Myron Schott, O.F.M. † (1996)
Archbishop William Charles Skurla (2002)

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 101, Number 8,774
c1: CB, 15 May 2022

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