Heinrich Vieter

Heinrich Vieter, SAC, was a German Pallottine missionary to the German colony of Kamerun. Vieter arrived in Douala with seven other members of the mission on 25 October 1890.[1] Over the next 13 years, Vieter led the Pallottines as they opened missions and schools across the territory.[2] He befriended the young Ntsama Atangana at the mission school in Kribi; Atangana would later gift the Pallottines with land in Jaunde.[3] When a Bulu leader Martin-Paul Samba was sentenced to death for treason against Germany in 1914, Vieter appealed for a stay, but his requests were ignored.[4]

Beatification process

With regard to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroon and the episcopal consecration of Heinrich Vieter, a beatification process of Vieter was initiated by the Archbishop of Jaunde in early 2005.

Notes

  1. ↑ Ngoh 92.
  2. ↑ Ngoh 92–3.
  3. ↑ Nde.
  4. ↑ Ngoh 115.

References

  • DeLancey, Mark W., and DeLancey, Mark Dike (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
  • Nde, Paul. "Ntsama, Charles Atangana". The Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Accessed 30 October 2006.
  • Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996): History of Cameroon Since 1800. Limbe: Presbook.


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