Submitted by: Dan Rich

Rev. Thomas W. Zimmerman CSC

Mar. 2, 1926 – May 17, 1993

South Bend Tribune 5/23/1993

Rev. Thomas W. Zimmerman CSC, 67, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, formerly of Moreau Seminary at Notre Dame, died Monday in Dhaka of an apparent heart attack. He was born March 2, 1926 in Hammond, Ind. He entered Holy Cross Seminary in 1942, professed his vows in 1945, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 1953 at Notre Dame. He served as chancellor of the Archdiocese of Dhaka and religious superior of Holy Cross priests in Bangladesh, and was the first Vice-Provincial of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Vice-Province, as well as rector of the intermediate seminary and the cathedral church. He was director of the marriage tribunal and was a teacher. He served in Bangladesh for 40 years. Survivors include a sister, Sister Margaret Ann Zimmerman OSF, of Joliet, Ill.

Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in Moreau Seminary at Notre Dame. Burial has taken place in Dhaka.