Bishop Jorge Kemerer, son of Juan Kemmerer & Ana Maria Jacob, was born 13 September 1908 in Aldea San Rafael, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. He died 26 June 1998 in Posadas, Misiones Province, Argentina, at the age of 89.
He entered the Society of the Divine Word at the age of 12.
He was ordained in Rome on 30 October 1932 as a priest of the Society of the Divine Word.
From 1947 to 1957, he served as a parish priest for Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Buenos Aires.
He was ordained as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Posadas on 8 June 1957 in the Basilica of Espiritu Santo in Buenos Aires. He served as Bishop in Posadas until 16 June 1986.
Bishop Kemerer's Volga German ancestors come from the colony of Leichtling.
- Bishop Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D. (Catholic-hierarchy.org)
- Jorge Kemerer (FindAGrave.com)
- Jorge Kemerer (Spanish Wikipedia)
Bishop Jorge Kemerer, S.V.D.
Source: FindAGrave.com