Doncaster, VIC - Chinese Lutheran
Year Built: 1892
Denomination: Lutheran
Address: 51 Victoria Street, Doncaster, Victoria, 3108
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people
Last Updated: 26/04/2024
Click on the image to view larger
History and Architecture:
The first church was built in 1858.
The new church was built in 1892. The Architect was J.A. Koch. Built of red brick the building has rendered dressings and mouldings with a slate roof. The church has belfry made of timber with scale slates on the lower section and a cast iron wall vents at mid-wall.
Clergy:
This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1858 - 1867 | Pastor Matthias Goethe | VS | 1827 | 1876 |
| 1868 - 1876 | Pastor Hermann Herlitz | VS | 1834 | 1920 |
| 1876 - 1908 | Pastor M. Von Schramm | VS | ||
| 1908 - 1912 | Pastor Johannes Adolf Richard Held | VS | 1884 | 1923 |
| 1912 - 1915 | Pastor Johann Gottlieb Hegelau | VS | 1864 | 1960 |
| 1915 - 1920 | Pastor Albrecht Ferdinand Reinhold Fehlberg | VS | 1880 | 1966 |
| 1920 - 1947 | Pastor Johannes Gottfried Simpfendoerfer | UELCA | 1891 | 1949 |
| 1948 - 1954 | Pastor Philipp Scherer | UELCA | 1866 | 1963 |
| 1955 - 1965 | Pastor Hermann Pech | UELCA | 1921 | 2006 |
| 1965 - 1969 | Pastor Maurice Edmund Schild | UELCA & LCA | ||
| 1970 - 1975 | Pastor Paul Albert Zweck | LCA | 1933 | 2012 |
| 1975 - 1982 | Pastor Edwin William Koch | LCA | ||
| 1981 - 1982 | Pastor Hermann Pech | LCA | 1921 | 2006 |
| 1983 - 1986 | Pastor Noel John Uebergang | LCA | ||
| 1986 - 1987 | Pastor Hermann Pech | LCA | 1921 | 2006 |
| 1987 - 1992 | Pastor John Juers | LCA | 1925 | 2006 |
| 1993 - 1999 | Pastor Lloyd Oscar Boughen | LCA | 1938 | 2023 |
| 2000 - 2001 | Pastor Peter D. Holmes | LCA | ||
| 2002 - 2007 | Pastor David Martin Kleidon | LCA | ||
| 2007 - 2015 | Pastor Phillip A. Haar | LCA | ||
| 2017 - 2018 | Pastor Gregory Philip Pietsch | LCA |
Organ:
In 1917 the old organ was replaced by a Spencer University type three manual and pedal type.
Source:
1. Centenary Trinity Lutheran Congregation Doncaster 1858 - 1958. LTP 284.19451 C33D
2. Lutheran Archives with permission.