Kurt Peter Gumpel (15 November 1923 – 12 October 2022) was a German Jesuit priest and Church historian.
A professor emeritus of the Gregorian University in Rome, he was the relator in Pope Pius XII's cause for beatification.
Angela Bolster, an Irish nun and McAuley expert, was appointed in 1979 as one of the first women to be a vice-postulator as Vatican rules were relaxed to allow this to happen.
[2] It was under the guidance of Father Gumpel, that she prepared work that was inspected by historians and theologians.
[2] In later times, Gumpel expressed regret that well known Catholic personalities and groups questioned the wisdom of promoting the cause of Pope Pius XII's beatification.