(Picture of father Ernst Plöchl by Marianhill Religious Order.)
The elderly priest’s murder sent immediate shockwaves throughout Austria, as the ‘socially very engaged’ priest was a much-loved figure in his home country. A memorial mass was held for him at Neumarkt-im-Mühlkreis, his home town, where he is much loved for his dedication to help the poor in South Africa. The Marianhill missions were founded in South Africa n 1882 by the Rev. Francis Pfanner…. He landed at Port Elizabeth with thirty-one companions in July, 1880, and settled in a place he called Dunbrody, after an old Irish monastery. This he had to abandon in 1882; and at the solicitation of the late Bishop Jolivet, O.M.I., transferred his community to Mariannhil.
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