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Loeppky, Johann M, 1882-1950
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1882-1950
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Johann M. Loeppky was the first Ältester of the Old Colony Mennonite Church in Canada after the emigration of almost the entirety of the church’s leadership to Mexico in the 1920s. Loeppky represented the Hague-Osler settlement on several land-seeking delegations from 1919-1921, which paved the way for the movement of around 5,500 Reinlaender/Old Colony Mennonites from Canada to Mexico. Loeppky himself, however, remained in Canada and was significantly responsible for the continuity and successful reorganization of the Old Colony Church there. From 1948-1950, he led a small portion of his church in another migration to Mexico.
Loeppky was born in Blumenhof, in Manitoba’s West Reserve in January 1882. He moved to Saskatchewan around 1900, settling just north of the town of Osler. He married Anna Neudorf in 1903. When she died in 1909, he married Helena Janzen and was was elected as a minister in the same year. He became the Ältester/bishop of the Old Colony Church in Canada in 1930 and continued to serve in that capacity until his death in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1950. In his lifetime, he preached 2103 sermons, baptized 797 people, and officiated at 198 weddings and 549 funerals.
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Osler, Saskatchewan (Hague-Osler Reserve)
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GRANDMA ID: #182475
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Created by GE 11 March 2026
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Ens, Gerald. "Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2025. Web. 11 Mar 2026. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Canada_to_Mexico_and_Paraguay_in_the_1920s&oldid=181623