Josef Lörks

Josef Lörks (1876 in Kalkar-Hanselaer – March 17, 1943) was a German clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak.

Born in Hanselaer, Germany, he was a missionary priest in New Guinea since 1900. He was appointed bishop in 1928. He was consecrated for the East New Guinea (Wewak) Vicariate Apostolic in 1933. In March 1943, following the naval battle of Coral Sea, he was taken aboard the destroyer Akikaze where prisoners were shot at three-minute intervals.