Heinrich Vieter
| Heinrich Vieter SAC | |
|---|---|
| Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun | |
| |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun |
| In office | 18 March 1890 – 7 November 1914 |
| Predecessor | Prefecture erected |
| Successor | Franziskus Hennemann |
| Other post | Titular Bishop of Paraetonium (1905-1914) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1887 |
| Consecration | 22 January 1905 by Dominikus Willi[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1853 Cappenberg, Selm, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation |
| Died | 7 November 1914 (aged 61) Jaunde, Kamerun, German Empire |
Heinrich Vieter, SAC (13 February 1853, Selm – 7 November 1914, Jaunde) was a German Pallottine missionary to the German colony of Kamerun (today Cameroon).
Missionary work
Heinrich Vieter arrived in Douala with seven other members of the mission on 25 October 1890.[2] Over the next 13 years, Vieter led the Pallottines as they opened missions and schools across the territory.[3]
He befriended the young Ntsama Atangana at the mission school in Kribi; Atangana would later gift the Pallottines with land in Jaunde (Yaoundé) in Kamerun.[4]
When a Bulu leader Martin-Paul Samba was sentenced to death for treason against Germany in 1914, Vieter appealed for a stay, but his requests were ignored.[5]
Teaching
Vieter taught at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen (SOS; usually known in English as the Oriental Seminary) in Berlin sometime between 1909 and 1915, along with Hermann Nekes.[6][7]
Beatification
A process of beatification of Vieter was initiated by the Archbishop of Jaunde in early 2005, on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroon.
References
- Back to citation "Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- Back to citation Ngoh 92.
- Back to citation Ngoh 92–3.
- Back to citation Nde.
- Back to citation Ngoh 115.
- Back to citation "Nekes, Hermann Fr. Prof. Dr. (1875-1948)". German Missionaries in Australia. Griffith University. 28 October 1948. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- Back to citation Great Britain. Foreign Office (1895). Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Annual Series. p. 15-PA11. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
Bibliography
- DeLancey, Mark W., and DeLancey, Mark Dike (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
- Nde, Paul. "Ntsama, Charles Atangana". The Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Accessed 30 October 2006.
- Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996): History of Cameroon Since 1800. Limbe: Presbook.