Johann Ulrich Michael

Johann Ulrich Michael (born May 1, 1850 in Wergenstein ; † July 4, 1931 in Chur ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman .

Life

Johann Ulrich Michael was born in Wergenstein in the canton of Graubünden on May 1, 1850, studied theology and was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod in Chur on July 3, 1876 . Since he was allowed to officiate as pastor in the canton, he became a clergyman in Soglio GR in the same year . Two years later he changed the pastor's post to Langwies . At the same time he was assigned Arosa . After 14 months he moved to Vicosoprano . During this activity he thought about the preparation and replication of parish priests and in 1888 gave a lecture on this subject before the synod. In 1895 he was called to Chur, where he became professor of religion at the Bündner Kantonsschule . In 1916 he became pastor in Brusio . He retired six years later, which he spent in Chur. There he died on July 4, 1931 at the age of 81.

Works

• Address by Prof. Michael at the confirmation of the canton students on Palm Sunday 1897 (Chur 1897)
• Address to the confirmands of the cantonal school given in the Regulakirche on March 26, 1899 (Chur 1899)
• The transfer of Dean Balthasar Castelberg and Pastor Valentin Castelberg (Chur 1902)
• Speech at the confirmation of the canton students on March 21, 1902 (Chur 1902)
• Confirmation speech given by Pastor Michael on Palm Sunday April 5, 1903 (Chur 1903)
• Address by Professor Michael at the confirmation of the canton students on Palm Sunday 1905 (Chur 1905)
• Address by Professor Michael at the confirmation of the cantonal students on Palm Sunday 1907 (Chur 1907)
• Address by Professor Michael at the confirmation of the cantonal students on Palm Sunday 1909 (Chur 1909)
• Confirmation speech given by Prof. Johann Ulrich Michael on March 16, 1913 in the Regulakirche in Chur (Chur 1913)
• Confirmation speech given by Pastor Johann Ulrich Michael on March 28, 1915 in the Regulakirche in Chur (Chur 1915)

literature

• Erich Wenneker :  Michael, Johann Ulrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 975-977.