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Fr. Paul Fürstenberg died

Fr. Paul, the youngest brother of our late Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg died in Iserlohn, Germany on Wednesday, 20 October 2010, aged 93 years.

The late Fr. P. Fürstenberg

The late Fr. P. Fürstenberg

Born on 28 February 1917 he entered the seminary in 1938. Because of  WWII he had to serve as a soldier first and was ordained only in 1949. He was first a vicar in Glaudau (deanary of Mageburg) in East Germany. From 1953 to 1986 he was parish priest of Gerbstedt in the deanery of Eisleben, East Germany. Large parts of the diocese of Paderborn were in East Germany and after the building of the wall, Fr. Paul remained in the GDR up to his retirment in 1986. Then returned to his Hometown Iserlohn and was made a curat to the St. Pankratius Retirement Home. In 2009 he celebrated his diamond jubilee (60 years in the priesthood). Twice he has allowed to visit his brother Bishop Adolf in Zambia. He liked the country and its people and kept contact to Mpika Diocese ever since. He was burried on Monday 25 October in Iserlohn. My God reward him abundantly. May his soul rest in peace.