Dieter Knall

Dieter Knall (born August 24, 1930 in Kronstadt ; † September 21, 2019 ) was an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian . From 1983 to 1995 he was Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria .

Life

The son of a veterinarian was forcibly moved with his family from Romania to the Bregenzerwald in 1944 . From 1948 to 1955 he studied Protestant theology at the University of Vienna and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . He then completed his vicariate in the Friedenskirche in Stainz in Styria , where he worked as a pastor from 1957 to 1963. Then he worked as a pastor in the Protestant church in Bruck an der Mur until 1965 .

In 1969 Dieter Knall became General Secretary of the Gustav Adolf Works in Germany , where he was responsible for the Lutheran believers in Eastern Europe. He gave up this office in 1976 when he was elected Superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of AB Styria . He was then from 1983 to 1995 Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria. Dieter Knall was also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and the Executive Committee of the Lutheran World Federation .

Reformed Churches in the SFR Yugoslavia . Zollikon 1981, ISBN 3-85710-007-9 .
In the footsteps of a church: Evangelical life in Austria . Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 1987.
Forced out of their homeland: Last forced resettlement of Styrian Protestants to Transylvania under Maria Theresa . Historical Provincial Commission for Styria, Graz 2002, ISBN 3-901251-25-1 .
Memories: Transilvania me genuit - Austria me recepit. Biographical Notes . Evangelical Press Association in Austria, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85073-309-0 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Oskar Sakrausky	Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria 1983–1995	Herwig Sturm

personal data
SURNAME	Bang, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian and bishop
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brașov
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 2019