(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Katholischer Feldbischof Franz Justus Rarkowski
Born: 08 Jun 1873 in Allenstein, East Prussia (Ostpreußen)
Died: 09 Feb 1950 in Munich (München)
Career:
Ordination to the Priesthood (09 Jan 1908)
Director of the Curatorium Koschen and Lötzen, Ermland (1908-1914)
Pastorial Care for the POWs in Berlin and Blankenberg then Garrison and Military-Hospital Priest in Berlin and Secretary of the Catholic Field Bishop (25 Aug 1914-30 Jun 1916)
Division-Priest of the 1st Guards-Division (01 Jul 1916-31 Mar 1918)
Division-Priest in Koblenz (01 Apr 1918-00 Jan 1920)
Division and Military-District Priest in Königsberg (00 Jan 1920-30 Sep 1927)
Division and Military-District Priest in Breslau (01 Oct 1927-31 Jan 1929)
Division and Military-District Priest in Berlin (01 Feb 1929-30 Sep 1929)
Representative of the Fuldaer Bishops-Conference with the Pastorial Care of Catholics in the Army and Navy (24 Jul 1929)
Delegated as Catholic Field-Provost in the Reichs Defence Ministry (01 Oct 1929-10 Aug 1936)
Apostolic-Pronotar (13 Jun 1936)
Administrator ad nutum Sancrae Setis (11 Aug 1936)
Commissionary Catholic Field-Bishop of the Wehrmacht (11 Aug 1936-20 Feb 1938)
Titular-Bishop of Hierocaesarea (08 Jan 1938)
Ordanation as Bishop (20 Feb 1938)
Catholic Field-Bishop of the Wehrmacht (20 Feb 1938-06 Feb 1945)
Taken Ill (27 Jan 1944)
Retired (06 Feb 1945)

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