Fr. Karl-Heinz Ofenloch
* 12.11.1942† 24.03.2022
Father Karl-Heinz Ofenloch was born on November 12, 1942 and was 79 years old. He took his first vows on May 15, 1965 and was ordained priest on November 20, 1970.
He was currently living in Aliwal Nord (South Africa). He belonged to the Province RSA.
Venite ad me, omnes qui laboratis, et onerati estis: et ego reficiam vos. (Mt 11,28)
P. Ofenloch died this morning at 3 a.m. at the age of 79 in the hospital in Aliwal North, South Africa.
He was born on Nov. 12, 1942, in Lambrecht, a neighboring town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße. After his profession on May 15, 1965 in the monastery Maria Martental and his priestly ordination on Nov. 20, 1970 in Freiburg, he went to South Africa for the congregation in the early 1970s. In November 1994, the fusion of the Regio De Aar, which until then had been subordinate to the U.S. Province, and the Regio Aliwal resulted in the independent Province of South Africa, of which Fr. Ofenloch became an official member.
From 1989 to 2007 he served as parish priest at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Aliwal, where he also helped out from time to time.
The funeral service for Fr. Ofenloch is scheduled for Saturday next week on April 2, 2022 at the cathedral in Aliwal
