George Otto Wirz

George Otto Wirz ( born January 17, 1929 in Monroe, Wisconsin, † November 23, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American Bishop.

Life

George Otto Wirz received on 31 May 1952, the ordination. He was 1962 companion of William Patrick O'Connor, the Archbishop of Madison, at the First Session of the Second Vatican Council. Wirz 1963 founding rector of the newly opened Seminary Holy Name Seminary in Madison.

1977 Pope Paul VI appointed him. Titular Bishop of Municipa and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Madison. On 9 March 1978 he donated the Archbishop of Madison, Cletus Francis O'Donnell, a bishop; Were co-consecrators Jerome Joseph Have Rich, Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, and Rembert Weakland, OSB, Archbishop of Milwaukee. His age-related resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on 10 February 2004.