Joseph Zimmermann (bishop) explained

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Joseph Zimmermann
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Birth Date:12 December 1923
Birth Place:Birmenstorf, Aargau, Switzerland
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Joseph Zimmermann (M.S.F.) (12 December 1923 – 4 December 1988) was a Swiss Catholic prelate who served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe in Madagascar.[1] [2] [3]

Zimmermann was born in Birmenstorf, Aargau, Switzerland,[4] and attended the College du Christ-Roi in Nuolen.[5] A member of the, he made his first vows in 1945 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1950.[6] In 1955 he began working as a missionary in Madagascar.[7] [8]

In 1960, Pope John XXIII created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe and named Zimmermann its bishop.[9] Zimmermann was the first Swiss member of the Missionaries of the Holy Family to be made bishop.[4] He was consecrated on 23 October by, with Paul Joseph Girouard and as principal co-consecrators.[1] [4] On 20 November he was installed at the cathedral in Morombe. As of 1965, the diocese of Morombe contained approximately 121,000 people, 10,000 of whom were Catholic.[7]

In 1988 Zimmermann died in office after suffering a fall.[6] [10] His body is buried in Morombe.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Joseph Zimmermann [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. 2021-05-17. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Web site: Vescovo Joseph Zimmermann MSF. Missionaries of the Holy Family.
  3. News: Lasa ny Raiamandreniben'ny diosezin'i Morombe - Lakroan'i Madagasikara on line - Les actualités sociales et religieuses à Madagascar. The Patriarch of the Diocese of Morombe is gone. 2021-08-19. mg. www.lakroa.mg.
  4. News: Consécration épiscopale d'un évêque missionnaire suisse . . 19 October 1960 . 58 . 242 . 2 .
  5. News: Mgr Zimmermann fêté à Einsiedeln . . 28 October 1960 . 91 . 252 . 3 .
  6. News: Diocese of Morombe, Madagascar. GCatholic. 2018-02-12.
  7. News: Nos évêques missionnaires suisses . . 5 . 238 . 15 October 1965 . 10.
  8. Web site: 2018-12-16. Chronologie der CH-MSF-Madagaskar Mission 02. 2021-08-19. de. Miray-Madagaskar.
  9. News: Un nouvel évêque missionnaire suisse . . 15 June 1960 . 90 . 138 . 3 .
  10. Web site: Création du diocèse . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224200816/https://www.ecar-morombe.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=62 . 24 February 2021 . ecar-morombe.org . Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe.
  11. Web site: Missionaires . https://web.archive.org/web/20170321170815/https://www.ecar-morombe.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154&Itemid=180&showall=1 . 21 March 2017 . ecar-morombe.org . Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe.

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