Weimann, José

Bishop José Weimann was born 6 April 1892 in the Volga German settlement of Hinjo in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina.  He was ordained on 10 August 1917 as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.  On 8 September 1940, he became the Bishop of Santiago del Estero in Argentina.  He died in office on 30 March 1961.

His Volga German ancestors come from the colony of Kamenka.