Peter Walser

Peter Walser (* 1871 in Seewis in Prättigau , † 1938 in Chur ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman .

Life

Peter Walser was born in Seewis in the canton of Graubünden in 1871 . After attending primary school there, he switched to the Bündner Kantonsschule in Chur . After graduating from high school , he studied Protestant theology at the Universities of Basel , Berlin and Zurich . On June 30, 1895, the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod in Ilanz accepted him , which gave him permission to work as a pastor in the Free State of the Three Leagues . In the same year he took over the parish in Pontresina . In 1902 he moved to the Martinskirche in Chur and became head of the cantonal non-profit organization . In addition, he taught religion, devoted himself to the school system and became headmaster and president of the school board. Appointed Synod Dean in 1922 , he was appointed President of the Protestant Church Aid Association of Graubünden . In this office, Walser inaugurated the newly built church in Landquart GR in 1926 . With Jakob Rudolf Truog , Peter Paul Cadonau and Christian Michel, he was one of the most active opponents of the women's pastoral office. In particular he fought against the election of Greti Caprez-Roffler as pastor of Furna in 1931 . He worked as a parish priest in Chur until his death in 1938.

Works

• Inaugural sermon given in Pontresina, July 14, 1895 (Samedan 1895)
• Gifts and tasks of the Reformation (Chur 1904)
• Explanation of the mountain and valley names of the Engadine (Chur 1912)
• Inauguration of St. Martin's Church in Chur. Sermon given on May 25, 1919 (Chur 1919)
• Prayer Day 1919. Sermon on Gal 6.2 delivered at St. Martin in Chur (Chur 1919)

literature

• Erich Wenneker :  Walser, Peter. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 229-230.