Vale Fr Leonhard Kiesch SJ

Please pray for Fr Leonhard Kiesch SJ, who died on Saturday 29 June 2019 at Pflegeheim Maria Frieden, Baden-Baden, Germany, aged 75 years.

Fr Leonhard Kiesch SJ1943 — Born in Gliwice, Poland on 29 September

1957-60 — Technical education, turner

1960-62 — Noviceship in Stara Wies, Poland.

1962-1964 — Last two years of secondary education

1964-1966 — Military service in Gdansk

1966-1969 — Philosophy in Krakow

1969-1970 — Bobolanum, Warszawa. Theology.

1970-1974 — Theology at JTC, Parkville, Vic.

Priestly ordination on 25 February 1973 by Card. Wojtyla, St Ignatius Church, Richmond.

1975-82 — Andrew Bobola, Richmond, VIC. Chaplain to the Polish community.

Nov 76-Aug 77 — Tertianship under Frank Wallace in Sydney.

1982 — Professed of four vows on 15 August

1983 — Collegio S. Roberti Bellarmino, Rome, Italy, studies.

1984-2002 — Pastoral work in Germany (Niedersteinbach and Unter Ibach).

2003 — Andrä im Lavanttal, Austria. Parish priest.

2004-2007 — Andrew Bobola, Richmond, Vic. (res. Camberwell and Campion). Chaplain to the German community.

2008-10 — Neubiberg, Germany. Chaplain Maria-Theresaheim.

2011 — Pedro Arrupe Community, Unterhaching, Germany, Chaplain.

2012-2019 — Pflegeheim Maria Frieden, Baden-Baden, Germany, Chaplain.

 

Funeral Mass

9:30am Tuesday 9 July in Frankfurt, Germany.

Memorial Mass

7pm Tuesday 9 July at the Polish Marian Shrine, 8 Aberfeldie St, Aberfeldie, Vic.