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| type = Missionary Priest<br />
| birth_place = [[Weismain]] [[Germany]]<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[The Reverend]]<br>[[Servant of God]]<br />
| honorific-suffix = S.D.S.<br />
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| alma_mater = [[University of Würzburg]]<br />
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| nationality = [[Germany|German]]<br />
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| death_place = [[Shillong]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1890|08|20|1844|5|29}}<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1844|5|29}}<br />
| name = Fr. Lorenz Hopfenmüller<br />
| rank = Catholic Priest<br />
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| ordination = 7 May 1957<br />
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong|Shillong]]<br />
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong|Shillong]]<br />
| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]<br />
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| title = Prefect of Assam<br />
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'''Father Otto (Lorenz) Hopfenmüller, S.D.S.''' was a Catholic priest of the religious order of the [[Salvatorians|Society of the Divine Saviour]]. He was the first Apostolic prefect of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong]] (Assam Mission).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Important Salvatorians|url=https://www.salvatorians.sds.ph/index.php/about-us/important-salvatorians|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.salvatorians.sds.ph}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Father Otto (Lorenz) Hopfenmüller [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhopfen.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://salvatorians.in/fatherotto|access-date=2020-11-08|website=salvatorians.in}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2019-08-09|title=Early Shillong through the eyes of a German Catholic missionary|url=https://theshillongtimes.com/2019/08/10/early-shillong-through-the-eyes-of-a-german-catholic-missionary/|access-date=2020-11-08|website=The Shillong Times|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Otto was born on 29 May 1844 in [[Weismain]], Germany.<ref name=":1" /> He completed his doctorate from [[University of Würzburg]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Priesthood ==<br />
On 6 October 1866, Otto was ordained a priest for the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg]] but in 1887 he became a professed member of the [[Salvatorians|Society of the Divine Saviour]]<ref name=":1" /> and took the religious name ''Otto''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Foreign Mission ==<br />
In 1889, Otto was sent to a foreign mission in Assam, India and was appointed prefect of the mission on 31 December 1889.<ref name=":1" /> He started to translate the Holy Bible and wrote catechism in local [[Khasi language]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Otto died in Assam, India on 20 August 1890<ref name=":1" /> due to heat stroke.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of saints of India]]<br />
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