Death of Dr. Bach, Lately
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Gilbert Is. Bishop
THE death occurred, in Lewisham Private Hospital, Sydney, on May 22, of Most Reverend Joseph M. Bach, MSC, DD, Titular Bishop of Eriza, and lately Vicar Apostolic of the Gilbert Islands.
Dr. Bach spent 32 years of his life in missionary work in the South Pacific Islands, and was a well-known figure at mission stations in Torres Strait (Thurs day Island), Papua and the Gilbert Islands. He was raised to the status of Bishop, and given charge of the Gilbert Islands, many years ago: and he lived at Tarawa, in the Central Gilberts, until his retirement about 1937. Since then, he had resided quietly at Bowral, NSW. He was a distinguished member of the Order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and his passing will be mourned by many lay men, as well as by missionaries of all faiths, all over the South Pacific.