Thilo Daniel

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Thilo Daniel (* 1967 in Lich ) is an Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and church historian . As the Oberlandeskirchenrat, he has been the permanent deputy of the regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony since February 2019 and took over his duties from Carsten Rentzing's resignation until the appointment of his successor on February 29, 2020. He is also a member of the Bishops' Conference of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (VELKD).

Life

Thilo Daniel (right) at the unveiling of the memorial to the "Entjudungsinstitut" in Eisenach (2019)

Thilo Daniel grew up in Grünberg near Gießen and, after graduating from high school in 1986, studied Protestant theology and comparative religious studies at the Philipps University of Marburg and the Georg August University of Göttingen . In 1993 he passed the First Theological Examination. This was followed by participation in the graduate college of the Institute for European History in Mainz .

In 1998 Daniel started the church preparatory service in the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Saxony. From 1998 to 2000 he was visiting vicar in Dresden- Briesnitz and Dresden-Neustadt. During this time he also completed his doctorate on Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf . After the second theological exam in the Saxon regional church, Daniel was ordained and worked as a priest in the trial service in the church district of Meißen ( Weistropp with Gauernitz - Constappel and Unkersdorf ).

In 2007 Thilo Daniel moved to the regional church office . In Department I for fundamental theological issues, ecumenism and world missions, he was the senior church councilor theological advisor until 2014. From 2015 to 2018 Daniel was the rector of Ev.-Luth. Diakonissenanstalt Dresden e. V. Since 2019 he has been a department head (head) in the rank of higher regional church council in department I of the regional church office and in this office he is permanent deputy of the regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Regional Church of Saxony. After Carsten Rentzing's resignation from the office of regional bishop on October 31, 2019, he took over his duties until Tobias Bilz was appointed on February 29, 2020.

Thilo Daniel has been married to a musicologist since 1995 and lives in Dresden.

Publications

  • Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf's participation in the inner-Protestant unification efforts of the early 18th century: biography and theology 1716–1723. Diss., Tectum-Verlag, Marburg 1999, ISBN 3-8288-0970-7 .
  • Zinzendorf's Union plans: 1719–1723; Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf's theological development up to the founding of Herrnhut. Herrnhuter Verlag, Herrnhut 2004.
  • Unitas Fratrum : Journal of History and Contemporary Issues of the Brethren Church No. 59/60, co-editor, 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Saxon regional church for the time being without a bishop on evangelisch.de , October 31, 2019.
  2. ^ VELKD: Members of the Bishops' Conference
  3. ↑ a b c d EvLKS: New department head elected for fundamental theological issues , February 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Thilo Daniel is welcomed as the new rector of the Diakonissenanstalt Dresden . In: Dresdner Latest News, September 9, 2015.
  5. ^ Diakonissenhausdirektor Daniel changes to the regional church office | THE SUNDAY (Saxony). Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church Office of Saxony: Introduction of two higher regional church councils. August 2, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019 .
  7. ^ Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church Office Saxony: Regional Church Office. November 1, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Editor: In his spare time he likes to read . Ed .: Saxon Newspaper. Sächsische Zeitung, August 21, 2007, p. 17 .
  9. ↑ PDF Unitas Fratrum: Journal for History and Contemporary Issues of the Brethren Church No. 59/60 ePub - CoryRaymund. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Daniel, Thilo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Lich