About Joseph Ohrwalder
Lived 1856 – 1913 (aged 57). Joseph Ohrwalder was an Italian writer, catholic missionary and christian missionary.
Father Joseph Ohrwalder (6 March 1856 Lana, South Tyrol – 8 August 1913 Omdurman/Sudan)
Born in Lana, County of Tyrol in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ohrwalder was a Roman Catholic priest, who was taken captive by the Mahdists in Sudan while working as a missionary there and escaped ten years later. The German manuscript of his travels was rendered into English by Francis Reginald Wingate from a sketchy translation. Wingate had helped him escape from Sudan.
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Who was Joseph Ohrwalder?
Italian priest (1856–1913)
When was Joseph Ohrwalder born?
Joseph Ohrwalder was born on 6 March 1856 in Lana.
When did Joseph Ohrwalder die?
Joseph Ohrwalder died on 7 August 1913 in Omdurman.
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Joseph Ohrwalder was a writer, catholic missionary and christian missionary.
What nationality was Joseph Ohrwalder?
Joseph Ohrwalder was Italian.
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