Otto Raible

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Otto Raible SAC (born November 27, 1887 in Stuttgart , Germany ; † June 18, 1966 there ) was a German religious priest , missionary and Roman Catholic bishop in Australia.

Life

Grave of Otto Raible in the Limburg Pallottine Cemetery

Otto Raible joined the Pallottine Order in 1907 . On July 9, 1911, he received the sacrament of ordination through the Bishop of Limburg, Dominikus Willi OCist .

In 1912 he was sent to the mission to Cameroon , but returned to Germany after two years for health reasons. During the First World War he worked at the military hospital in Mainz and as a military chaplain. He then took on tasks in Freising in Bavaria and in Trautenau (Trutnov) in the Giant Mountains . In 1928 he was sent to Western Australia by the Order .

On January 18, 1928, Pope Pius XI appointed him . as Apostolic Administrator of Kimberley in Western Australia . On January 18, 1935, Pope Pius XI appointed him. the Apostolic Vicar of Kimberly and titular bishop of Anemurium . The Bishop of Limburg , Antonius Hilfrich , donated him episcopal ordination on August 4, 1935 ; Co-consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul , Papua New Guinea , Gerard Vesters MSC , and the auxiliary bishop in Rottenburg , Franz Joseph Fischer .

On March 12, 1958, Pope Pius XII took his resignation. He returned to Germany and lived in Limburg an der Lahn and Stuttgart .

Otto Raible took part in the first two sessions of the Second Vatican Council in 1962 and 1963 . He died in Stuttgart on June 18, 1966. His grave is in the Limburg Pallottine Cemetery .

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predecessor Office successor
Ernesto Coppo SDS Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia
1935-1958 		Johannes Jobst SAC
personal data
SURNAME Raible, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious priest, missionary and Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1966
Place of death Stuttgart