Karl Zimmermann, R.I.P.

Father Oskar Geisseler, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Switzerland,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Karl Zimmermann

on Monday July 16th, 2018 at the hospital of Sierra (Switzerland)
at the age of 93 years, of which 69 years of missionary life
in Tanzania and in Switzerland.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Milestones in Father Karl Zimmermann’s life

Karl was born on 6 March 1925 in Lucerne, in the diocese of Basel, Switzerland. He entered the novitiate (spiritual year) of the Missionaries of Africa on December 2, 1945 at Maison Carrée, Algeria. He continued his theological training in Thibar (Tunisia) where he took his missionary oath on June 29, 1949. He was ordained a priest on 1 February 1950 in Carthage, Tunisia.

24/01/1951VicaireBukumbi,MwanzaTanganyika
26/03/1952VicaireNyantakubwaTanganyika
06/01/1955VicaireBukumbiTanganyika
18/06/1955Petit séminaireNyegeziTanganyika
01/01/1959Petit séminaireWidnauSuisse
22/09/1959EconomeFribourgSuisse
08/05/1962VicaireMwanzaTanzania
26/12/1962Séminaire,StMary’sNyegeziTanzania
18/05/1968Grande RetraiteVilla CavallettiItalia
01/01/1970VicaireKirumbaTanzania
01/03/1971SupérieurIbindoTanzania
01/08/1973SupérieurMwabagoleTanzania
01/08/1974VicaireKahangalaTanzania
01/01/1975VicaireBuhingoTanzania
01/04/1975SupérieurBuhingoTanzania
17/12/1975seul àItiraTanzania
01/09/1984Session-RetraiteJérusalemIsraël / Palestine
01/04/1985VicaireBuhingoTanzania
01/01/1988Teacher Minor SeminaryNyegezi,D.MwanzaTanzania
23/05/1988Vic.Episc.ReligiousMwanza Bishop’sHouseTanzania
15/07/1991CuréKawekamo,D.MwanzaTanzania
01/05/1995Vic.Episc.ReligiousKawekamo,D.MwanzaTanzania
30/10/1995Nommé Suisse P.E.95/10Suisse
01/01/1996“KontinenteFribourg 2Suisse
23/08/1996Fermeture Fribourg 2FribourgSuisse
25/10/1996Ministère H.C.:BauenSuisse
30/08/1999CollaborateurVeyrasSuisse
15/09/1999Session +70RomaItalia
12/04/2000Aumônier Home H.C.:SierreSuisse
01/07/2001BibliothèqueFribourgSuisse
01/04/2010RésidenceVeyrasSuisse
16/07/2018Retour auprès du PèreSierreSuisse

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