Michael Chalupka

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Michael Chalupka (2019)

Michael Chalupka (born July 21, 1960 in Graz ) is an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian. He has been Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria since September 1st, 2019 .

Life

Chalupka studied Protestant theology at the Universities of Vienna and Zurich and graduated with a Magister theologiae (Mag. Theol.). Further training followed in the areas of adult education and management of non-profit organizations .

He was a specialist inspector for religious education in Styria. After a two-year stay in Italy as head of studies at the Centro Ecumenico d'Agape in Prali (Torino), he worked from 1989 to 1994 as a Protestant pastor in Mistelbach (Lower Austria) .

From 1994 to 2018 Chalupka was director of Diakonie Österreich , the social work of the Protestant churches in Austria and one of the five largest Austrian welfare organizations. In 1995 Michael Chalupka was one of the initiators of the poverty conference . In 1999 he was elected chairman of the Evangelical Relief Organization in Austria , and since 2000 Michael Chalupka has been president of the Austrian Committee for Social Work (ÖKSA). In 2006 he became chairman of the Evangelical Schools AB Vienna .

After four terms of office, his term of office as Diakonie Director ended on August 31, 2018. In September 2017, the Diakonisches Rat, the governing body of Diakonia in Austria, had Rev. Maria Katharina Moser elected as the new director of Diakonie Austria. For the time up to taking office as bishop Michael Chalupka is one of the two managing directors of Diakonie-Bildung acc. GmbH .

On May 4, 2019, he was elected Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria by the Synod ; on September 1, 2019, he succeeded Bishop Michael Bünker and was appointed bishop on October 13, 2019.

Chalupka is married and has one daughter.

Publications

  • 2010: Protestant demonstrations: Comments on everyday life and politics from a Protestant perspective. Klagenfurt, Wieser-Verlag 2010. ISBN 978-3-85129-919-9

Recognitions

Web links

Commons : Michael Chalupka  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Evangelical Bishop Chalupka takes office. In: ORF.at . September 1, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ orf.at: Maria Katharina Moser: Diakonie has new director . Article dated September 1, 2018, accessed September 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Maria Katharina Moser becomes the new Diakonie director . In: Diakonie . ( diakonie.at [accessed September 25, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Firmenmonitor.at: non-profit GmbH, FN 321168g , accessed on May 5, 2019
  5. ↑ Michael Chalupka is the new Evangelical Lutheran Bishop Article from May 4, 2019, accessed on May 4, 2019.
  6. ^ Bishop election : Michael Chalupka elected bishop of the Evangelical Church. Article dated May 4, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ Evangelical bishop election: The new bishop is called Michael Chalupka. Article dated May 4, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ [1]
  9. ↑ Stephanscom.at : Commitment to the “human face” of society honored . September 26, 2006.
predecessor Office successor
Michael Bünker Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria
since September 1, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Chalupka, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Protestant clergyman and director of Diakonie Austria
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz