Jean Baptiste Dieter
Johannes Dieter SM (French: Jean Baptiste Dieter ) (born September 30, 1903 in Klein-Hausen ; † June 28, 1955 in Samoa ) was a German religious, missionary and bishop in Oceania .
Life
Johannes Dieter was born in Hesse in what was then Klein-Hausen (now Einhausen). He joined the Marist Fathers and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1933 .
Dieter had been a missionary in Samoa since 1937. There he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Schiffer Islands and titular bishop of Ierafi on November 16, 1953 . He received in the May 19, 1954 Apia , the episcopal ordination by the apostolic delegate in Australia, Archbishop Romolo Carboni ; Co-consecrators were Bishop Victor Frederick Foley SM, Vicar Apostolic of the Fiji Islands , and Edward Michael Joyce , Bishop of Christchurch .
Mainly he took care of the training of local priests in Samoa. Just a little more than a year after his episcopal ordination, on June 27 or 28, 1955, Bishop Dieter died in Samoa.
Appreciation
In his birthplace Einhausen, the Bischof-Dieter-Strasse was named after him.
Web links
- Entry on Jean Baptiste Dieter on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 23, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Heinrich Frey, community board Einhausen (ed.): The Catholic parish since 1945. In: Festschrift 1200 year celebration Einhausen. 1968, p. 87.
- ^ Entry on Jean Baptiste Dieter on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 23, 2018.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Darnand |
Apostolic Vicar of the Schiffer Islands 1953–1955 |
George Hamilton Pearce |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dieter, Jean Baptiste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dieter, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious, missionary and bishop in Oceania |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klein-Hausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1955 |
| Place of death | in Samoa |