Joseph Edward Kurtz
Styles of Joseph Kurtz Reference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Excellency Religious style Archbishop Ordination history of Joseph Edward Kurtz Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Gabriel Montalvo Higuera Date of consecration December 8, 1999 Bishops consecrated by Joseph Edward Kurtz as principal consecrator William Medley February 10, 2010 Charles C. Thompson June 29, 2011 Joseph Edward Kurtz (born August 18, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Archbishop of Louisville, having previously served as Bishop of Knoxville from 1999 to 2007. Kurtz also currently serves as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, a position to which he was elected on November 12, 2013.