Ruedi Reich
Rudolf "Ruedi" Reich (born January 9, 1945 in Uster ; † August 12, 2012 in Zurich ) was a Swiss pastor and from 1993 to 2010 President of the Church Council of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich .
Live and act
Ruedi Reich grew up in Regensdorf , where his father had been director of the cantonal prison since 1948 , from the age of three . After completing secondary school, Reich trained as a teacher at the Küsnacht seminar and then studied theology . From 1972 to 1993 he was parish pastor in Marthalen . In 1973 he was elected to the Synod of the Canton of Zurich , where he was a member of the religious-social faction, and in 1983 to the Council of Churches. From 1993 on, he was the full-time president of the church council and head of the executive branch of the reformed regional church in Zurich. In addition, as President of the Church Council of Zurich, he was ex officio President of the Concordat of the German-Swiss Evangelical Reformed Churches for the training of pastors.
On September 9, 2001, Ruedi Reich demanded about the Wasterking witch trial : The events of 1701 are an injustice, which the Reformed Church in Zurich also has to face. Here people have sinned against the gospel because they have sinned against defenseless people.
In 2010, Ruedi Reich reached his retirement age at the age of 65. He had initially planned to resign at the end of the current term of office in September 2011, but he resigned from his position as Church Council President at the end of 2010 for health reasons due to a tumor on the spine. He died on August 12, 2012 at the age of 67 in Zurich. Ruedi Reich was married and the father of four children.
The Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich awarded him an honorary doctorate (Dr. theol. H. C.) In 2005 for his work as President of the Church Council . In 2008, the Zurich government council awarded him the silver medal of honor.
Publications
- Believe, doubt, act. Sermons and talks. Edited by Philippe Dätwyler. Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-290-17298-8 .
- Encouragement to believe. Thoughts and memories. Edited by Christine Voss, Philippe Dätwyler. Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-290-17632-7 . ( Autobiography ) limited preview in Google Book search
Web links
- Literature by and about Ruedi Reich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website. ( Memento from April 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version, 2008)
- Michael Meier: Illness forces Zurich's religious authority to resign. In: Tages-Anzeiger from November 20, 2010
- Thomas Ribi: Announce and mediate. Former church council president Ruedi Reich has died. ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from August 15, 2012
- Doyen among the church representatives. A tribute from former government councilor Markus Notter . In: Tages-Anzeiger of August 14, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ruedi Reich died . In: Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich , accessed on August 14, 2012
- ↑ Ruedi Reich zu: Die Hexen von Wasterkingen ( Memento from December 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Church council president Ruedi Reich has died. In: Tages-Anzeiger of August 14, 2012, p. 11
- ^ Church council president Ruedi Reich resigns . In: NZZ Online from October 27, 2010
- ↑ Honorary doctorates 2005: Pastor Ruedi Reich . ( Memento from October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: University of Zurich from September 18, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rich, Ruedi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reich, Rudolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss clergyman, President of the Church Council of the Reformed Church in Zurich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uster , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 2012 |
| Place of death | Zurich , Switzerland |