Adolph Gregory Schmitt

The Most Reverend

Adolph Schmitt

C.M.M.
Bishop of Bulawayo
Province Bulawayo
Diocese Bulawayo
Appointed 23 December 1950 (Vicar Apostolic)
Installed 1 January 1955 (Bishop)
Term ended 9 May 1974
Predecessor Ignatius Arnoz
Successor Ernst Heinrich Karlen
Other posts Titular Bishop of Nasai
Orders
Ordination 19 March 1931
Consecration 2 April 1951
by Edward Mooney
Personal details
Birth name Adolph Gregory Schmitt
Born (1905-04-20)20 April 1905
Rimpar, Germany
Died 5 December 1976(1976-12-05) (aged 71)
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Adolph Gregory Schmitt
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Adolph Gregory Schmitt,C.M.M. (20 April 1905 5 December 1976) was German Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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. On 5 December 1976 Schmitt and two of his companions were shot by a partisan on the way to a hospital visit.[1]

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  1. Biography (German)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Francis Martin Kelly
Titular Bishop of Nasai
1950 - 1955
Succeeded by
Alonso Silveira de Mello
Preceded by
Ignatius Arnoz
Bishop of Bulawayo
1955 - 1974
Succeeded by
Ernst Heinrich Karlen


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