Bernhard Hermann Koeckemann

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Bishop Herman Koeckemann

Bernhard Hermann Köckemann SS.CC. , called Hermann Köckemann (born January 10, 1828 in Ostbevern , † February 22, 1892 in Honolulu ) belonged to the Arnstein Fathers . He was Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands from 1882 to 1892 .

Life

Bernhard Köckemann was the son of a farmer from Ostbevern in Westphalia , Kingdom of Prussia . At the age of 14 he attended the Paulinum grammar school in Münster . He then entered the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary ( Arnstein Fathers ) in Leuven . He was accepted into the order on April 11, 1851 and took the name of the order Hermann. This was followed by a three-year university course in theology in Leuven. Then he was sent to Hawaii as a missionary of his order. There he was ordained a priest on May 31, 1862 at the age of 34 .

Köckemann became pastor of the still young Catholic community and occasionally also helped out in the diocesan administration when the bishop was unable to attend due to illness. On May 17, 1881 he was by Pope Leo XIII. Appointed Coadjutor of the Vicar Apostolic of Hawaii and Titular Bishop of Olba . On 21 August the same year he received in the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco by Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill OP the episcopal ordination . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Grass Valley , Eugene O'Connell , and the Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong , Giovanni Timoleone Raimondi PIME . In 1881 he was awarded the order Kalākaua I by the king .

With the death of his predecessor Louis-Désiré Maigret on June 11, 1882, he became Vicar Apostolic of Hawaii. His term of office was marked by the massive immigration of Portuguese immigrants from Madeira. He was able to skillfully alleviate the tensions that arose. He made particular efforts to improve general education; for this he founded many schools on the island. He also accompanied the death of Damian de Veuster , who was ill with leprosy and with whom he was in contact by letter. Köckemann also died three years later. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Honolulu.

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SURNAME Köckemann, Bernhard Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German priest, Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostbevern
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1892
Place of death Honolulu