Christoph bull
Christoph Stier (born January 7, 1941 in Magdeburg ) is a German theologian and pastor. From 1984 to 1996 he was regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg .
Live and act
After attending primary and secondary schools in Halle , he studied theology at the University of Rostock from 1959 to 1964 . After the first exam he temporarily stayed as a research assistant at the university. After his vicariate, he took over a parish office in the Rostock development area of Lütten-Klein in 1970. In 1984 he was elected regional bishop by the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg as successor to Heinrich Rathke . He held the office until 1996. His successor was Hermann Beste . From 1986 to 1988 he was also the leading bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in the GDR . From 1997 until his retirement in 2004 he worked as state superintendent of the East Mecklenburg parish of Stargard. He is currently still a member of the advisory board of the federal commissioner for the Stasi records .
He is married and has 3 children. Music is one of his secondary occupations. He is a lay flutist.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Christoph Stier's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
literature
- Rahel Frank: "More real, more exact - more precise"? The GDR church policy towards the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg from 1971 to 1989. Schwerin 2004, ISBN 3-933255-18-X .
- Roger Sitter, Ehrhart Neubert: Stier, Christoph . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Christoph Stier , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 08/1997 from February 10, 1997, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
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SURNAME | Taurus, Christoph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, regional bishop in Mecklenburg |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |