Diocese of Keimoes-Upington Bisdom van Keimoes-Upington		Necrology
	Patrons: The Immaculate Conception & St. Francis de Sales
	www.catholic-keimoes.org.za	rckeimoes@catholic-keimoes.org.za
	Suffragan Diocese of the Province of Bloemfontein - Republic of South Africa

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JANUARY	Bishop John Baptist Minder was ordained Bishop of Keimoes on 10 January 1968 in Matjieskloof and he remained at the helm of the diocese for the next 32 years until his retirement in 2000, when his successor Bishop Edward Risi was appointed. After his retirement as bishop he spent three years as pastor of Onseepkans on the Orange River. This was indicative of the pastor he had always been throughout his years as bishop of the Diocese of Keimoes. Bishop Minder was an Oblate of Francis de Sales and came from Philadelphia in the United States as a missionary to Southern Africa. He worked as a priest in the Diocese of Keetmanshoop in Namibia and in the Diocese of Keimoes, South Africa. He will be remembered for being a pastorally minded bishop who always made the pastoral concerns of the diocese his priority: finding pastors for the faithful and supporting the priests who were his co-workers. He always spoke of vocations at times like confirmations and other diocesan functions. Vocations for the sisters, brothers and priests was a concern of his over the years and he took the first steps to firmly establish the local diocesan clergy, who numbered seven at the time of his retirement in 2000. He had a natural inclination to keep abreast of events by reading and studying. He persevered over dusty and corrugated roads to visit around the diocese year after year, meeting priests and laity. This took its toll on his health and in the last years he suffered poor health until the time his resignation was accepted at the age of 77. His episcopate began soon after the Second Vatican Council and he furthered the groundbreaking work of his predecessor, Bishop Esser, in setting up diocesan and pastoral structures for the laity and the clergy. His commitment to Catholic education saw the establishment of the CIE (Catholic Institute of Education) office in Upington. He was assisted for many years by Bro. Gert Smith in organising catechetics in the diocese. He also took care to foster two offices for welfare and development within the diocese: NAMKO based in Namaqualand and KOOR based in the Upington area. He also supported the work of the Afrikaans Apostolate in the translation of the Mass texts and other liturgical books into Afrikaans. He retired from pastoral work in 2005 and resided in the parish house which he built for retired clergy - he remained here until the time of his death. In his last years he endeared himself to the faithful of Upington and they cared for his needs, especially the Sisters of Francis de Sales and Bro. Reginald April OSFS until his death. His funeral took place at Pella on 26 August and his remains were interred in the Cathedral in Pella.
08/01/2000 - Walter Hartlove OSFS
10/01/1987 - John Kinniry OSFS
17/01/1945 - Marius Métendier OSFS
21/01/1923 - Stanislaus Krolikowski OSFS
FEBRUARY
02/02/1947 – Bishop Jacob Eich OSFS
04/02/1944 - Joseph Maréchaux OSFS
07/02/1929 - Johannes Malinowski OSFS		JULY
09/02/1947 - Leo Wolf OSFS		02/07/1940 - Charles Fromentin OSFS
11/02/1917 - Aimé Saunier OSFS		03/07/1998 - Leon Veilet OSFS
15/02/1977 - Bonifatius Grimminck OSFS		06/07/1988 - Cornelius van Westeinde OSFS
20/02/1966 - Joseph Butler OSFS		11/07/1999 - Wim Boumeester OSFS
25/02/1996 - Hermann Klein OSFS		16/07/2002 - Michael Timson
MARCH		18/07/1992 - George Louw OSFS
01/03/1950 - Raymond Sollier OSFS		AUGUST
11/03/1994 - William Noël OSFS		9/08/2009 - Cornelius Trommelen
12/03/1993 - Anton Nistlerooy OSFS		13/08/2009 - Bishop John Baptist Minder OSFS
22/03/1897 - Paul Rougelot OSFS		18/08/1965 - Bishop Henry Thünemann OSFS
27/03/1964 - Henry Geiger OSFS		29/08/1968 - Jan Franken OSFS
28/03/1993 - John Oppel OSFS		SEPTEMBER
30/03/2009 - Anil Topno MSFS		01/09/1988 - Wim Aarns OSFS
APRIL		03/09/2000 - Albert Chevalier OSFS
01/04/1971 - Benjamin Hudson OSFS		09/09/1966 - Marius Archambaud OSFS
05/04/1992 - Ronnie Jones OSFS		14.09/2011 – Maurice Malery
06/04/1948 - Heinrich Schaffner OSFS		19/09/1991 - Matthieu Janssen OSFS
08/04/1997 - Jozef Badjou OSFS		23/09/1941 - Joseph Devaud OSFS
09/04/1973 - Jacques Giraudet OSFS		OCTOBER
MAY		01/10/2011 – René Bientz OSFS
02/05/1943 - Cornelius Cloete OSFS		04/10/1950 - Jean Puyjalon OSFS
03/05/1959 - Cornelius van't Westeinde OSFS		14/10/1939 – Bishop Odilon Fages OSFS
20/05/1979 - Charles Huen OSFS		14/10/1990 - Joseph Scanlan OSFS
21/05/1974 - André Meyer OSFS		21/10/1990 - Enrico Balducelli OSFS
23/05/1990 - Thomas Toll OSFS		28/10/1970 - Karl Simbrunner OSFS
25/05/1937 - Hubert van Westeinde OSFS		NOVEMBER
29/05/1999 - Hugh McKenna OSFS		10/11/1929 - Claude Bécoulet OSFS
JUNE		13/11/1967 - Amadeo Antonelli OSFS
10/06/1937 - Louis Scherrer OSFS		15/11/1951 - François Baude OSFS
10/06/1959 - Henry van Aswegen OSFS		17/11/2000 - Wim Heijnen OSFS
13/06/1981 - Johannes Maxa OSFS		21/11/1932 – Bishop Jean-Marie Simon OSFS
13/06/1987 - Edmund Sroka OSFS		DECEMBER
17/06/1919 - Thomas Waugh OSFS		04/12/1907 - August Trüten OSFS
23/06/1993 - Gerardus van den Berg OSFS		04/12/1928 - Cyprian Ceyte OSFS
30/06/1900 - Benoit Curé OSFS		08/12/1966 – Bishop Francis Esser OSFS
		09/12/1994 – Bp Edward Schlotterback OSFS
		24/12/1972 - Sosthènes Pluot OSFS
		30/12/1996 - Francis Dougherty OSFS

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