Died November 21, 2016 at the age of 77.
Fr. Kurgan was born December 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois and Ordained for the Carmelite Order on May 27, 1965.
In 1974 he was appointed youth minister at St. Agnes Parish in Phoenix. During that time he also taught moral theology and liturgy at the Kino Institute, was Vicar for the Office of Worship, campus minister at Mesa and Scottsdale Community Colleges, and local vocation director. Fr. Kurgan was Prior of the Carmelite’s in Phoenix since 2010.
Services: Funeral Mass, St. Agnes Parish, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 7pm.