Rabaul
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New Bishop Of
Rev. Father Isidore Scharmach
ADVICE has been received from Rome that Reverend Father Isidore Schar mach, of the Catholic Mission of the Most Sacred Heart (Vunapope) has been appointed by the Holy Father as Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul, New Guinea, in succession to Bishop Vesters, retired.
Father Scharmach, who arrived in New Guinea in 1925, was successively in charge of the Sulka and Arawe mission stations, where, during 14 continuous years, he displayed missionary ability and zeal which brought him under special notice.
He is a Polish national, and served as a soldier in the Great War.