Adolph Schmitt Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Adolph Schmitt
Honorific-Suffix:C.M.M.
Bishop emeritus of Bulawayo
Province:Bulawayo
Diocese:Bulawayo
Appointed:23 December 1950 (Vicar Apostolic)
Term Start:1 January 1955 (Bishop)
Term End:9 May 1974
Predecessor:Ignatius Arnoz, CMM
Successor:Ernst Heinrich Karlen, CMM
Other Post:Titular Bishop of Nasai
Ordination:19 March 1931
Consecration:2 April 1951
Consecrated By:Edward Mooney
Birth Name:Adolph Gregory Schmitt
Birth Date:20 April 1905
Birth Place:Rimpar, Kingdom of Bavaria
Death Place:Lupane District, Matabeleland North, Rhodesia
Religion:Roman Catholic
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Bishop
Adolph Gregory Schmitt

Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. (20 April 1905  - 5 December 1976) was German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was killed by a black nationalist guerrilla during the Rhodesian Bush War in 1976.

Biography

Adolph Schmitt was born in Rimpar, Germany, ordained a priest on 19 March 1931 from the religious order of the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries. On 23 December 1950 Schmitt was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the then Vicariate Apostolic of Bulawayo and ordained on 2 April 1951. He retired on 9 May 1974.[1]

Death

During the Rhodesian Bush War, on 5 December 1976, Schmitt and two of his companions, a nun and a priest, were shot by a black nationalist guerrilla on the way to a hospital visit. The sole survivor of the attack, the nun, said that their car was stopped and the guerrilla demanded money but then opened fire with a machine gun.[2]

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References

  1. http://www.mariannhill.de/geschichte/ Biography
  2. Web site: Survivor Tells of Rhodesia Ambush. 1976-12-06. 2021-09-05. The New York Times.