Province Bulawayo Denomination Roman Catholic Appointed 9 May 1974 Name Ernst Karlen Ordination June 22, 1947 | Term ended 24 October 1997 Role Religious Leader Consecration December 3, 1968 Birth name Ernst Heinrich Karlen Successor Pius Ncube | |
Born 1 February 1922
Torbel, Switzerland ( 1922-02-01 ) Previous post Bishop of Umtata (1968-1974) Died October 28, 2012, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo | ||
Predecessor Adolph Gregory Schmitt | ||
Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. (1 February 1922 – 28 October 2012) was a Swiss Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Karlen was born in Törbel, Switzerland, and was ordained a priest on 22 June 1947, from the religious order of the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries. On 26 September 1968 Karlen was appointed bishop of Diocese of Umtata and ordained on 3 December 1968. Karlen was appointed archbishop to the Archdiocese of Bulawayo on 9 May 1974 and retired from the Archdiocese of Bulawayo on 24 October 1997.
He died on 28 October 2012, in the hospital Mater Dei in Bulawayo, aged 90.
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