Heinrich Bolleter

Heinrich Bolleter ( born May 13, 1941 in Zurich ) is a bishop - since May 2006, Old - Bishop - the United Methodist Church of Central and Southern Europe, the countries Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Tunisia and Hungary includes.

Life

Heinrich Bolleter was born on May 13, 1941 in Zurich, where he grew up and graduated from the school education up to the graduation. He then took the road to the church service, which had been prepared including through the personal involvement in youth work of the United Methodist Church in Zurich - Oerlikon. The theological training took place from 1962 to 1965 at the Theological Seminary of the (then) Methodist Episcopal Church in Frankfurt am Main. Particular emphasis in individual training were in the range of individual psychology and in the field of editorial tasks.

In 1966 he married Martha Zellweger (now Martha Bolleter ), with whom he has three children.

In 1969 he was ordained an elder of the United Methodist Church. The service assignments as pastor led him to Baden AG, Zurich Wipkingen, Thalwil and Zofingen. During his ten -year duration of action in Thalwil he designed also as sole editor of the journal " Church world" and represented an open church, as it corresponds to the tradition of Methodism.

1989 was elected Heinrich Bolleter in Baden as the successor of Franz Werner Schäfer for the time being four years, 1993 in Bern- Bümpliz for life as bishop of the United Methodist Church. His supervision area covered 14 countries in Europe and North Africa. Successor Bolle Marketers was in May 2006 Patrick Streiff.

From time immemorial, Heinrich Bolleter saw in the role of a mediator between the Free Church evangelical tendencies and the ecumenism of large churches. This he made clear again and again through his involvement in inter-church relations field. He was president of the Association of Evangelical Free Churches and communities in Switzerland and the Council of Christian Churches in Switzerland.

2006 Heinrich Bolleter was presented on behalf of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria in the Vienna Hofburg, the Great Silver Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Works

Henry Bolle Marketers publications include not only numerous shorter and longer articles and brochures with Bishop messages also books on how great that there is this life. Ideas for light and dark days ( ISBN 3-85706-247-9 ) and fingerprints. Sermons - Thoughts - Notes (ISBN 978-3-8391-8853-8 ).