Louis Benedict Kucera

Louis Benedict Kucera (August 24, 1888 – May 9, 1957) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Lincoln from 1930 until his death in 1957.

Biography

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.^[1] After his graduation in 1909, he was offered admission to West Point but declined, choosing instead to study for the priesthood.^[2] He entered St. Paul Seminary, and was later ordained on June 8, 1915 by Archbishop John Ireland.^[3] He then served as a curate at St. Patrick's Church in Tama, Iowa, until 1916, when he became professor of Latin and prefect of discipline at Columbia College in Dubuque.^[1] In 1925 he was named pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Protivin.^[2]

On June 30, 1930, Kucera was appointed the fifth Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, by Pope Pius XI.^[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 28 from Archbishop Francis Beckman, with Bishops Thomas William Drumm and Henry Rohlman serving as co-consecrators.^[3] He was also named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne and in 1955 a Count of the Apostolic Palace.^[4] He served as bishop for twenty-six years, until his death at age 68.

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Diocese of Lincoln
Bishops	Thomas Bonacum John Henry Tihen Charles Joseph O'Reilly Francis Beckman Louis Benedict Kucera James Vincent Casey Glennon Patrick Flavin Fabian Bruskewitz James D. Conley
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Risen Christ Parishes St. Martin's Church, Deweese St. Benedict's Church, Nebraska City St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nebraska City
Education	High Schools Aquinas High School, David City Sacred Heart High School, Falls City St. Cecilia High School, Hastings Lourdes Central Catholic High School, Nebraska City Pius X High School, Lincoln Bishop Neumann High School, Wahoo
Priests	Robert F. Vasa Thomas Olmsted Michael Owen Jackels John Folda
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Archdiocese of Dubuque
Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels
Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin
Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City
Education	Higher Education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High Schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary Schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque Former Schools St. Luke's School, St. Lucas
Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Aloysius Schmitt Joseph Clement Willging
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