Background
HURTH, Doctor Peter Joseph was born on March 30, 1857 in Nittel, on the Moselle, Germany. Youngest son of Peter J. Hurth and Suzanna Wolf.
HURTH, Doctor Peter Joseph was born on March 30, 1857 in Nittel, on the Moselle, Germany. Youngest son of Peter J. Hurth and Suzanna Wolf.
Studied at University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America Went as student to America, where he soon entered the 1 above institution.
Priest, 1880; rector of St. Joseph’s College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1881. Rector of St. Edward’s College, Austin, Texas, 1884-1894. Bishop of Dacca, 1894-1909.
Resigned his see ' through considerations of health. Titular Bishop of Milppotamus.