Josef Lörks

Josef Lörks (1876–March 17, 1943) was a German clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak.

He was consecrated for the East New Guinea (Wewak) Vicariate Apostolic in 1933.

[1] In December 1942, he was incarcerated in a Japanese prison on Kairiru Island near Wewak.

[1][2] In March 1943, following the naval battle of Coral Sea, he was taken aboard the destroyer Akikaze where prisoners were shot at three-minute intervals.

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