Joachim Ammann
Joachim Ammann OSB (born February 28, 1898 in Wil SG , Switzerland as Alois Ammann ; † August 19, 1981 in Münsterschwarzach ) was a Swiss missionary benedictine and abbishop .
Life
After graduating from the Einsiedeln monastery school , Alois Ammann, the son of a designer , joined the Sankt Ottilien Archabbey in 1919 . He made his profession on April 5, 1920 . On March 9, 1923, after studying theology, he was ordained a priest of the Benedictine order and then sent to the mission in Tanganyika , Tanzania . On May 29, 1932 he was by Pope Pius XI. appointed abbot ordinary of the Abbatia nullius Ndanda and on December 11, 1933 titular bishop of Petnelissus . The bishop of Augsburg Joseph Kumpfmüller donated it to the episcopal ordination on March 11, 1934 with the assistance of Albinus Raymund Netzhammer OSB, the former archbishop of Bucharest and Joseph Ambühl , bishop of Basel and Lugano . On December 15, 1948, Ammann gave up the leadership of the abbey and the associated Ndanda local church and returned to Europe in 1949 due to illness. He then lived in Freiburg i.Üe. and from 1958 in the Münsterschwarzach Abbey. As a council father, he took part in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
Individual evidence
- ^ Bishop Joachim (Alois) Ammann. Catholic-Hierarchy, accessed March 9, 2019 .
- ↑ AMMANN, Joachim (Alois) OSB - Orden-online.de. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
Web links
Joachim Ammann in the Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ammann, Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ammann, Alois (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss bishop and religious |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wil SG , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1981 |
| Place of death | Münsterschwarzach |