Roland Hoffmann (theologian)

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Roland Hoffmann (born May 14, 1938 in Brieg ) is a Lutheran theologian and emeritus bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia .

Career

Roland Hoffmann worked as a pastor in the parish of Großbreitenbach from 1965 to 1976 . In 1976 he took over the position of superintendent of the superintendent Dermbach in the Thuringian Rhön, before he was appointed senior church councilor for the supervisory district south (district church office Meiningen ) of the Thuringian regional church in 1988 .

In 1992 Hoffmann was elected as successor to Werner Leich as regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia (official seat: Eisenach ) and was in office as such until his retirement in 2001. His successor was Christoph Kähler .

Other function

1994 to 2000 Deputy Bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (VELKD)

Publications

  • Sermon meditations and reading sermons in different series
  • On the value of pastoral care , in: Believe in God - yesterday, today and tomorrow , 1997

literature

  • Who is where in the Protestant Church? People and functions , ed. by Thomas Krüger u. a., Frankfurt am Main, 1999 - ISBN 3-932194-29-2

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personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Brieg in Lower Silesia