death_date consecration other_post birth_date term_end title term_start name ordination consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type appointed successor religion province article_title birth_name
5 december 1976 2 april 1951 titular bishop of nasai 20 april 1905 9 may 1974 bishop of bulawayo 1 january 1955 '' -lrb- bishop -rrb- '' adolph schmitt 19 march 1931 edward mooney ignatius arnoz rimpar , germany bishop 23 december 1950 '' -lrb- vicar apostolic -rrb- '' ernst heinrich karlen roman catholic bulawayo adolph gregory schmitt
 adolph gregory schmitt
adolph gregory schmitt

adolph gregory schmitt , c.m.m. -lrb- 20 april 1905 -- 5 december 1976 -rrb- was german prelate of the roman catholic church .
adolph schmitt was born in rimpar , germany , ordained a priest on 19 march 1931 from the religious order of the congregation of mariannhill missionaries .
on 23 december 1950 schmitt was appointed vicar apostolic of the then vicariate apostolic of bulawayo and ordained on 2 april 1951 .
he retired on 9 may 1974 .
on 5 december 1976 schmitt and two of his companions were shot by a partisan on the way to a hospital visit .
