Joseph Loerks

Joseph Loerks (Josef Lörks, 1876–March 17, 1943) was a German clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak.

Born in Hanselaer, Germany, he was a missionary priest in New Guinea since 1900.^[1] He was appointed bishop in 1928. He was consecrated for the East New Guinea (Wewak) Vicariate Apostolic in 1933.^[1]

In December 1942, he was incarcerated in a Japanese prison on Kairiru Island near Wewak.^[1]^[2] In March 1943, following the naval battle of Coral Sea, he was taken aboard the destroyer Akikaze where prisoners were shot at three-minute intervals.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Garrett, John (1997). Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II. Institute of Pacific Studies. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9789820201217.
^ Bauerschmidt, Frederick C.; Buckley, James J.; Pomplun, Trent, eds. (2008). The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism. Wiley. p. 231. ISBN 9780470751336.

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[:0-1] Garrett, John (1997). Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II. Institute of Pacific Studies. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9789820201217.

[2] Bauerschmidt, Frederick C.; Buckley, James J.; Pomplun, Trent, eds. (2008). The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism. Wiley. p. 231. ISBN 9780470751336.

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