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This photo is of Bishop Jacob Froese as an older man. Jacob J. Froese became bishop of the reorganized Old Colony church in Manitoba. He is dressed in dark clothing and hat. He is standing in front of a tree and Mennonite house barn.

This photo is a portrait of Bishop Jacob Froese as a young man. Jacob J. Froese became bishop of the re organized Old Colony church in Manitoba.

This photo is of Bishop Jacob Froese of the reorganized Old Colony church in Manitoba. He is standing beside a table that has books and papers on it. In his hand he holds a pair of glasses. Jacob J. Froese (1888-1968) was elected in 1936 and elected bishop in 1937. He served until his death in 1968.

This photo is of the ministers and deacons meeting, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, consisting of the Saskatchewan Bergthaler Mennonite Church, Sommerfeld Mennonite Church and the Chortitzer Mennonite Church. Back row, left to right: Rev. Jacob Fehr; Rev. Franz Thiessen, Sommerfeld Vanderhoof, BC, later bishop; deacon Peter Martens, Bergthaler, SK; Rev. David Froese, Sommerfeld Swift Current, SK; Rev. Jacob K. Doerksen, Bergthaler, Carrot River, SK; Rev. Abraham Leiding, Sommerfeld Swift Current, SK; Rev. Henry A. Dyck, Bergthaler, SK; Heinrich Wiens, Bergthaler, Carrot River, SK; Peter Loeppky; Rev. Jacob Buhler, Bergthaler, SK, cousin to Bishop Abr. Buhler; Bernhard Rempel, Rev. Henrich H. Siemens Bergthaler, SK; Rev. Jacob D. Peters, Bergthaler, SK; Franz Dyck, Sommerfeld, Main Centre, SK; Johann A. Friesen, retired bishop Manitoba Sommerfeld; deacon Heinrich H. Dyck, Bergthaler, SK; Franz K. Peters, Bergthaler, SK; Rec. John M. Reddekopp, Bergthaler, SK; Rev. Peter Schlamp, Swift Current, Sommerfeld; Rev. Gerhard Klassen, Swift Current, Sommerfeld; Rev. Cornelius Nickel, Manitoba Sommerfeld. Front row: Rev. Jacob Kroeker, Swift Current, Sommerfeld, later bishop at La Crete, AB; Jacob Friesen, Swift Current, SK; Rev. Henrich D. Martens, Bergthaler, SK; Rev. Isaac Dyck, Swift Current, Sommerfeld Sommerfeld; Bishop Abram J. Buhler, Bergthaler, SK; Bishop Abram Peters, Sommerfeld, BC; Bishop David F. Wall, Swift Current, sommerfeld; Bishop Johann B. Epp, Carrot River, Bergthaler; Rev. Heinrich Schultz, Sommerfeld Main Centre, SK; Rev. Cornelius W. Friesen, Chortitzer, New Bothwell, Manitoba; Rev. Peter S. Kehler, Chortitzer, Steinbach, Manitoba; Wilhelm Friesen; ?. Note: see Preservings June 2003, p. 103. -- Note: included is a second copy and negative.

This photo is of the Manitoba Sommerfeld Mennonite Church ministers with some of their Old Colony and Saskatchewan Bergthaler colleagues who met for a consultation in Altona, MB. The men are dressed in dark shirts and black jackets. They are standing outside the Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite church building posing for a photo. For identification of the ministers see Church Family village, p. 102.