Gerhard Meyer (Bishop)
Gerhard Meyer (* 1949 in Neukirchen , Hessen ) is a German clergyman. He is bishop of the German diocese of from Anglicanism originating Reformed Episcopal Church .
Life
At the age of 17 Meyer went to the police school in Kassel and was then a police officer in Frankfurt am Main . During the student riots at the time , he took a. a. Daniel Cohn-Bendit . After his police service, Meyer studied at the Brake Bible School from 1970 to 1973 . Meyer married in 1973 and has four daughters with his wife Grace Anne Brodish.
In the early 1990s Meyer studied again, from 1991 to 1994 at the Theological Seminary in Marburg and in 1989/90 and 1995/96 at the Philadelphia Theological Seminary . In 1990 he was in Pipersville, Philadelphia , for deacon ordained and received in London in 1993 his ordination .
On October 22, 2006 Meyer was direct in Schwarzenborn through Leonard W. Riches , Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church , as well as Kenneth JW Powell, Presiding Bishop of the Free Church of England , and Royal U. Grote , Bishop of Mid-America, Mission Bishop and Meyers more direct Superior, ordained a bishop. Meyer was elected Coadjutor Bishop of the Mission Diocese of Germany at the Synod of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Germany on May 27, 2006 in Euskirchen . He supports Bishop Grote in his work as mission bishop of the Anglican Church in North America and is responsible for the mission congregations in Germany, Croatia and Sweden .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ rec-nema.org
- ↑ Constitution and canons of the Reformed Episcopal Church Germany, Mission Diocese of the Reformed Episcopal Church, USA (PDF; 236 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neukirchen |