Heinrich Vieter

Heinrich Vieter

Heinrich Vieter, SAC, was a German Pallottine missionary to the German colony of Kamerun. Vieter arrived in Douala with seven other members of the mission on 25 October 1890. Over the next 13 years, Vieter led the Pallottines as they opened missions and schools across the territory. He befriended the young Ntsama Atangana at the mission school in Kribi; Atangana would later gift the Pallottines with land in Jaunde. When a Bulu leader Martin-Paul Samba was sentenced to death for treason against Germany in 1914, Vieter appealed for a stay, but his requests were ignored.

Beatification process

With regard to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroon and the episcopal consecration of Heinrich Vieter, a beatification process of Vieter was initiated by the Archbishop of Jaunde in early 2005.

References

• DeLancey, Mark W., and DeLancey, Mark Dike (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
• Nde, Paul. "Ntsama, Charles Atangana". The Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Accessed 30 October 2006.
• Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996): History of Cameroon Since 1800. Limbe: Presbook.