Anton Agreiter Explained

Type:Monsignor
Anton Agreiter
Honorific-Suffix:MHM
Prefect Apostolic of the Falkland Islands and Ecclesiastic Superior of St. Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
Church:St Mary's Catholic Church, Stanley
Province:Immediately subject to the Holy See
Diocese:Falkland Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
Term Start:1 October 1986
Term End:9 August 2002
Predecessor:Daniel Martin Spraggon
Successor:Michael Bernard McPartland
Ordination:13 July 1958
Rank:Monsignor
Birth Date:18 March 1934
Birth Place:St. Leonhard, Brixen, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Religion:Roman Catholic

Monsignor Anton Agreiter, MHM (18 March 1934 − 15 October 2003) was a Catholic priest who served as the Apostolic Prefect of the Falkland Islands and Ecclesiastic Superior of St. Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha since 1986 to 2002.[1]

Life

Agreiter was born in St. Leonhard near Brixen in Italian's autonomous province of South Tyrol in a German-speaking peasants family as the youngest, fifteenth son. In the young age he joined a society of apostolic life of Mill Hill Missionaries and was ordained as priest on 13 July 1958. In the beginning he was sent to Uganda before he was appointed Apostolic Prefect of the Falkland Islands and Ecclesiastic Superior of St. Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 1986.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Father Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. . Catholic Hierarchy . 4 December 2013.
  2. News: Padre Antonio, ultimo pastore dell' Atlantico . Mo Ettore . . 25 February 2001 . 4 December 2013.