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Odilo Weeger

1912 – 2006

German Catholic missionary

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Lived 1912 – 2006 (aged 93). Odilo Weeger was a German missionary.

Rev. Fr. Odilo (Otto) Weeger, CMM (14 October 1912 – 8 June 2006) was a Catholic missionary in Matabeleland, Southern Africa. He arrived in Africa in July 1938 and was based at Mariannhill in Natal, South Africa. He was later transferred to Southern Rhodesia where he worked at St. Patrick's in Bulawayo before moving to Lukosi, near Hwange in 1939.

Missionary work in Matabeleland In the North of Matebeleland, he travelled by bicycle from St. Mary's Lukosi to Hwange, Victoria Falls, Matetsi and Gwayi River. He built and established many schools, including those in Gwayi, Binga, Dete and Lupane and later went to Fatima where he opened a mission hospital and school.

With the support of friends in Germany, who were doctors, he opened St. Luke's Hospital in Lupane. In 1958, he returned to Bulawayo, where he was the parish priest at St. Mary's Cathedral. He was appointed Provincial Superior of Mariannhill Missionaries, a post he held from 1970 to 1982. He was Parish priest for many years of the Hillside parish of Christ the King.

Weeger was awarded the Verdienstkreuz – Erster Klasse (Cross of Merit – First Class) in Germany, on 5 May 1989, for his work in Matabeleland. Weeger's archives are stored in Bulawayo.

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Who was Odilo Weeger?

German Catholic missionary (1912–2006)

When was Odilo Weeger born?

Odilo Weeger was born on 14 October 1912 in Arberg.

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Odilo Weeger died on 8 June 2006 in Bulawayo.

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Odilo Weeger was a missionary.

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Odilo Weeger was German.

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