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Burkhard Huwiler M.Afr. (7 April 1868-1 October 1954) was a Swiss Roman Catholic bishop who served as a missionary in Africa from 1929 to 1946.Huwiler was born in Buttwil in the Canton of Argau the son of Martin Leonz and Ana Maria Barbara Huwiler. He attended a gymnasium in Einsiedeln after which in 1887 he entered the seminary of the Missionaries of Africa (traditionally known as the White Fathers) determined to serve in the missions there.