Diethardt Roth

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Diethardt Roth (born July 24, 1941 in Leslau an der Weichsel) is a bishop emeritus of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church . He was a bishop from 1996 to 2006.

Life

After attending school and studying Protestant theology in Oberursel, Heidelberg and Göttingen, he did his doctorate with Martin Doerne in the field of practical theology at the Georg-August University of Göttingen on Ludwig Ihmels as a preacher.

During his studies in Heidelberg, Roth joined the Heidelberg Wingolf in 1962 . On March 1, 1970, he was ordained to serve in the parish. From 1969 to 1996 he served as vicar, parish vicar and pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Christ Congregation in Melsungen (Hesse).

Since 1985 he has been superintendent of the parish of Hesse-North and from 1991 to 1996 provost of the Sprengels Süd of the independent Evangelical Lutheran Church. He also worked for seven years in the Theological Commission, eight years in the Synodal Commission for Law and Constitution and six years as chairman of the trumpet work in the southern district of the SELK. A special focus was the diakonia at home and abroad, with chairmanship in the diaconal institution Gertrudenstift Baunatal (Hessen) and membership in the board of trustees of the Naëmi-Wilke-Stift in Guben .

In his retirement, Roth was the first chairman of the Humanitarian Aid Association for Eastern Europe eV for many years. He taught at the upper secondary school in Melsungen and is still a lecturer in canon law at the Lutheran Theological University in Oberursel . In 2018/19 he was a member of the board of directors of the Evangelical Lutheran Gertrudenstift eV in Baunatal-Großenritte.

Roth has been married since 1970 and has three grown daughters.

honors and awards

Publications (selection)

  • The preacher Ludwig Ihmels - dissertation
  • Lead and grow in love - thoughts on Christian education (= Oberurseler Hefte, 16). Oberursel 1983.
  • "First we have to define what humor is ...", in: Barnbrock, Christoph / Voigt, Hans-Jörg (eds.), Lutheran is if you laugh anyway. Commemorative publication for the 25th service anniversary of Church Councilor Michael Schätzel, 158–167, Norderstedt 2018

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of Alter Wingolfiten eV (Ed.): Vademecum Wingolfiticum . 25th edition. Hanover 2012.
  2. ↑ webkorn.de: Lecturer. In: lthh.de. Retrieved October 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ New management in Gertrudenstift. In: selk.de. September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Diethardt Roth receives Martin's medal from the regional church Diethardt Roth receives Martin's medal from the regional church . ( Memento from July 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck, news archive: April – June 2009
  5. ↑ High level of commitment. Cross of Merit on ribbon for his commitment to the poor [1]
  6. ↑ Dissertation: The Preacher Ludwig Ihmels [2]
personal data
SURNAME Roth, Diethardt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bishop of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Leslau