Father Joachim “Addi” von Kerssenbrock, S.J., 85, died in his room at Murray-Weigel Hall, Bronx, on Jan. 7.
He was a Jesuit for 65 years and a priest for 55 years.
Born in Poland, he was ordained to the priesthood on July 31, 1959.
For 15 years he served as a mis- sionary in Zimbabwe. In 1976 he was assigned to New York to work with German immigrant families, and to raise funds to assist German families in the diaspora, mostly in Eastern Europe.
He was the executive director of the American St. Boniface Society, a fundraising organization of the German Bishops Conference.
In addition he was Chaplain and Praeses to the Kolping Society of Brooklyn, served on the board of Leo House, and frequently celebrated Mass in the German language in sever- al parishes in the New York area.
Burial at the Jesuit Cemetery in Auriesville, N.Y.
He is survived by his brother, Rembert von Kerssenbrock of Muenster, Germany.
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