Английская Википедия:Hobart Amstutz
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Inline Hobart Baumann Amstutz (September 18, 1896 – February 26, 1980) was a bishop of the American Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1956.
Early years
Шаблон:Unsourced He was born in Henrietta, Ohio and graduated in 1915 from Oberlin High School (Oberlin, Ohio). He attended Baldwin-Wallace College for two years before being drafted into the army in World War I. After WWI, he earned in 1921 his A.B. degree from Northwestern University and in 1923 his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Garrett Theological Seminary and M.A. from Northwestern University. In 1938, Baldwin-Wallace College awarded him an honorary D.D.
Missionary service
Amstutz served as a missionary in South East Asia beginning in 1926. For many years, he was pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church in Singapore.
In 1942, he was imprisoned by the Japanese, spending three and a half years in a prison camp. From 1956 to 1964, he served as elected Methodist Bishop for Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Burma) and also served as founding President of Trinity Theological College, Singapore. Shortly after retirement, he was called to be Methodist Bishop of Pakistan from 1964 to 1968, where he succeeded in creating the Church of Pakistan, an amalgamation of four Protestant churches.
Death
Bishop Amstutz died on February 26, 1980, aged 83, in Claremont, California. He was survived by his wife, Celeste; a son, Bruce, who was serving as a U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan; a daughter Beverly, and a brother, Clarence Amstutz.Шаблон:Cn
See also
References
- "Oberlin Alumni Magazine", Oberlin, Ohio, March/April 1980, pp. 43–44.
- The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
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