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Shepherds
of Old St. Mary’s Rev. Johan Bernard Eickmann,
1817-1885
Third Pastor - Rev. Bernard Menge
Copyright © 2000-Current Old St.
Mary's Church. All rights reserved.
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Shepherds
of Old St. Mary’s Rev. Johan Bernard Eickmann,
1817-1885
Third Pastor - Rev. Bernard Menge
Copyright © 2000-Current Old St.
Mary's Church. All rights reserved.
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Father
Eickmann for born in Telgte, Westphalia, Germany on October 14, 1817.
Little is known of his early life or when he came to America, but we
do know that he was ordained on May 29, 1847. He became Assistant Pastor
around 1851, and, upon the departure of Father Clement, Father Eickmann
assumed the position of Pastor. In 1881, he left his daily duties as
pastor, having served Old St. Mary's for more than 30 years, and died
on October 15, 1885. He lay in state in Old St. Mary's until his funeral
all the while being watched over by the St. John Men's Society and the
St. Stanislaus Young Men's Society. Father Eickmann was laid to rest
in St. Mary's Cemetery, St. Bernard, Ohio.