Term ended 9 May 1974 Role Religious Leader Ordination March 19, 1931 Name Adolph Schmitt Predecessor Ignatius Arnoz | Denomination Roman Catholic Successor Ernst Heinrich Karlen Died December 5, 1976 Consecration April 2, 1951 | |
Appointed 23 December 1950 (Vicar Apostolic) Installed 1 January 1955 (Bishop) Other posts Titular Bishop of Nasai Born 20 April 1905
Rimpar, Germany ( 1905-04-20 ) Province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo | ||
Birth name Adolph Gregory Schmitt | ||
Adolph Gregory Schmitt,C.M.M. (20 April 1905 – 5 December 1976) was German Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Adolph Schmitt was born in Rimpar, Germany, ordained a priest on 19 March 1931 from the religious order of the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries. On 23 December 1950 Schmitt was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the then Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo and ordained on 2 April 1951. He retired on 9 May 1974. On 5 December 1976 Schmitt and two of his companions were shot by a partisan on the way to a hospital visit.
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