Jakob Weis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Weis

German army chaplain

Date of Birth: 13-May-1879

Place of Birth: Ommersheim, Saarland, Germany

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1948

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jakob Weis (13 May 1879, Ommersheim, Saarpfalz - 18 March 1948, Zweibrücken) was a priest in the Diocese of Speyer, who also worked as a prison chaplain.
During the First World War he became the army chaplain to the 12th Bavarian Infantry Division and Catholic pastoral care advisor to the Armee-Oberkommando Mackensen.
From 1918 to 1920 he voluntarily joined soldiers in their internment so as to continue his pastoral care.