Herman Joseph Meysing
Herman Joseph Meysing OMI (born September 6, 1886 in Bektiven , † October 21, 1963 in Bloemfontein ) was Archbishop of Bloemfontein in South Africa .
Life
Herman Joseph Meysing joined the order of the Oblate Missionaries ("Huenfeld Oblates") and was ordained a priest on July 9, 1911 . He then served in the mission.
Pope Pius XI appointed him in 1929 to the titular bishop of Mina and ordered him to the Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Kimberley , the capital of South Africa's Northern Cape Province . The episcopal ordination donated to him on March 19, 1930 Archbishop Bernard Gijlswijk OP , apostolic delegate in South Africa; Co-consecrators were Bishop David O'Leary OMI, Administrator in Transvaal, and Bishop Joseph Gotthardt OMI, Administrator in Windhoek.
With the reorganization of the church hierarchies in South Africa he was on January 11, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. appointed first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein . Pope Pius XII accepted his resignation on June 25, 1954, conferring the dignity of titular archbishop of Dercos .
Web links
- Entry on Herman Joseph Meysing on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 25, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Archbishop of Bloemfontein 1951–1954 |
William Patrick Whelan OMI |
| Matthew Gaughren OMI |
Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley 1929–1951 |
John Boekenfoehr OMI Bishop of Kimberley |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meysing, Herman Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meysing, Herman Joseph OMI |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chaplain, Archbishop of Bloemfontein in South Africa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Effects |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1963 |
| Place of death | Bloemfontein |