Father Rudi Pint, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Germany,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Brother
Erwin Echtner
on Friday the 6th October 2017 in Trier (Germany)
at the age of 77 years of which 55 years of missionary life
in Tanzania and in Germany.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones of Brother Erwin Echtner’s life
Erwin was born on the 22nd March 1940 at Gross-Leschienen, in the Diocese of Aachen in Germany. He joined the spiritual year on the 28th February 1960 at Hörstel where he took a temporary Missionary Oath on the 4th February 1962. He continued his training at the Brothers’ Scolasticate at Marienthal, in Luxemburg, and departed for a first term of mission to Tanzania where he took his perpetual Missionary Oath in Kipalapala on the 24th February 1968.
| 01/03/1962 | Scolasticate Brothers | Marienthal | Luxembourg |
| 02/03/1965 | | Hörstel | Deutschland |
| 05/11/1965 | Language center CELA | Kipalapala,CELA | Tanzania |
| 01/02/1967 | Cath. Newspaper “Kiongozi” | Kipalapala | Tanzania |
| 01/07/1969 | Social Training Centre | Nyegezi | Tanzania |
| 01/11/1969 | Printing Press T.M.P. | Kipalapala | Tanzania |
| 01/04/1971 | Procure | Dar-es-Salaam | Tanzania |
| 01/08/1972 | Major Seminary | Kipalapala | Tanzania |
| 22/02/1977 | i/c Africans | Köln | Deutschland |
| 01/09/2011 | Residence | Trier | Deutschland |
| 06/10/2017 | Returns to the Father | Trier | Deutschland |