Hopetoun, VIC - St John's Lutheran
Denomination: Lutheran
Saint: John
Address: Corner Dennys & Toole Streets, Hopetoun, Victoria, 3396
Architect: Unknown
Last Updated: 13/07/2024
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History and Architecture:
The Church was established in 1897 and burnt down in 1940. A wall plaque reads, " St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church This Church was dedicated to the Glory of God 21st September 1952. 1 Kings * - 57 :58 O".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 - 1893 | Pastor Albert Ernest Richard Brauer | ELSA | 1866 | 1949 |
| 1894 - 1898 | Pastor Carl Heinrich Martin Schoknecht | ELSA | 1841 | 1904 |
| 1899 - 1899 | Pastor Oscar Bernhard Mueller | ELSA | 1873 | 1950 |
| 1913 - 1915 | Pastor Christoph Hermann Theodor Harms | ELSA | 1889 | 1966 |
| 1916 - 1918 | Pastor Walter Herbert Noske | ELSA | 1892 | 1968 |
| 1919 - 1924 | Pastor Theodore Oswald Nuske | ELSA | 1893 | 1968 |
| 1925 - 1938 | Pastor Carl Edward August Jaensch | ELSA | 1896 | 1984 |
| 1938 - 1951 | Pastor August Benno Schwarz | ELSA | 1879 | 1976 |
| 1951 - 1961 | Pastor Leonard Erwin Jenke | ELSA | 1915 | 1972 |
| 1962 - 1964 | Pastor Gordon Howard Pannach | ELSA | 1929 | 1988 |
| 1965 - 1966 | Pastor Harold Kenneth Herrmann | ELSA | 1922 | 1983 |
| 1967 - 1969 | Pastor Johann Heinrich Benjamin Traeger | LCA | 1903 | 1979 |
| 1969 - 1972 | Pastor Johann Friedrich Noack | LCA | 1876 | 1958 |
| 1973 - 1977 | Pastor Maurice Alwin Beck | LCA | 1913 | 2001 |
| 1978 - 1984 | Pastor Gordon Howard Pannach | LCA | 1929 | 1988 |
| 1985 - 1988 | Pastor Peter James Janetzki | LCA | ||
| 1988 - 1991 | Pastor Gregory Ernest Vangsness | LCA | ||
| 1991 - 1995 | Pastor Karl Heinz Kirsch | LCA | ||
| 1996 - 1999 | Pastor David Charles Kent | LCA | ||
| 1999 - 2006 | Pastor Graham Andrew Jenke | LCA | ||
| 2006 - 2013 | Pastor Andrew R. Ruddell | LCA | ||
| 2014 - 2018 | Pastor Levi D. Graham | LCA | ||
| 2019 - | Pastor Lucas Everard Matuschka | LCA |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. Lutheran Archives with permission.