Adolph Marx (bishop)
{{Short description|German-born prelate}}
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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend
| name = Adolph Marx
| title = Bishop of Brownsville
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| appointed = July 9, 1965
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| term_start = September 2, 1965
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| term_end = November 1, 1965
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| successor = Humberto Sousa Medeiros
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| ordination = May 2, 1940
| consecration = October 9, 1956
| consecrated_by = Mariano Simon Garriga
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|2|18}}
| birth_place = Cologne, Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|11|1|1915|2|18}}
| death_place = Cologne
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| ordained_by = Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina
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Adolph Marx (February 18, 1915 – November 1, 1965) was a German-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas from September to November 1965. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi in Texas from 1956 to 1965.
Biography
Adolph Marx was born on February 18, 1915, in Cologne, Germany. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Emmanuel Ledvina for the Diocese of Corpus Christi on May 2, 1940.
On July 6, 1956, Pope Pius XII appointed Marx as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Corpus Christi; he was consecrated on October 9, 1956, by Bishop Mariano Garriga. He was also appointed as titular bishop of Citrus.
He attended the Second Vatican Council. On July 9, 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed Marx as bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville; he was installed on September 2, 1965.{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bmarx|Bishop Adolph Marx|21 January 2015}}
Adolph Marx died in Cologne while on a visit on November 1, 1965, at age 50.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdob.org/diocese |title=Diocese of Brownsville | About the Diocese |accessdate=2009-10-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909202848/http://www.cdob.org/diocese/ |archivedate=2010-09-09 }}
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External links
- [http://www.cdob.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville]
Episcopal succession
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Category:German emigrants to the United States
Category:People from Brownsville, Texas
Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Category:German Roman Catholic bishops
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