His Excellency, The Most Reverend Henri Streicher C.B.E. | |
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Vicar Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza | |
Appointed | 1 February 1897 |
Term ended | 2 June 1933 |
Predecessor | Antonin Guillermain |
Successor | Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 23 September 1887 |
Consecration | 15 August 1897 by Bishop John Joseph Hirth |
Personal details | |
Born | Wasselonne, France | 29 July 1863
Died | 7 July 1952 Villa Maria, north of Masaka, Uganda | (aged 88)
Nationality | French |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Profession | Missionary Bishop |
Henri Streicher CBE (29 July 1863 – 7 June 1952) was a French Catholic missionary bishop who served as Vicar Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza from 1897 to 1933. He ordained the continent's first Catholic priests of modern times, both from Uganda.