Aloysius Haene
Aloysius Haene SMB (also: Alois Häne ; * August 6, 1910 in Kirchberg ; † February 19, 1999 in Driefontein , Masvingo ) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Gwelo (since 1982 Gweru ) in Zimbabwe .
Life
Haene was ordained a priest on April 2, 1939 for the Bethlehem Immensee Mission . On March 28, 1947, he was appointed Prefect Apostolic of Fort Victoria , Zimbabwe. On June 25, 1950, when the Apostolic Prefecture was elevated to the position of Apostolic Vicariate, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic and at the same time titular Bishop of Nepte .
On October 1, 1950, he received the episcopal ordination by the Vicar Apostolic of Salisbury Aston Ignatius Chichester . Co-consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic of Ndola Francis Constantin Mazzieri OFM and the Coadjutor as Vicar Apostolic of Johannesburg William Patrick Whelan . With the elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate to the Diocese of Gwelo on January 1, 1950, Haene was replaced by Pope Pius XII. appointed first diocesan bishop . He remained Bishop of Gwelo until his retirement on February 3, 1977.
As a council father, Haene attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . From 1972 to 1974 he was chairman of the Bishops' Conference in Zimbabwe.
Web links
- Aloysius Haene at www.catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Walter Heim: Hands, Alois. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Appointments of bishops by Pius XII. 1955 on the page: apostolische-nachstieg.de
- ↑ List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference in Zimbabwe at www.gcatholic.org (in English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Haene, Aloysius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hands, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Roman Catholic Bishop of Gwelo in Zimbabwe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchberg SG |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1999 |
| Place of death | Driefontein , Masvingo |