Rüdiger Rainer Minor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German bishop
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Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany
About Rüdiger Rainer Minor
- Rüdiger Rainer Minor (1939-2017) was a German Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1986.
- He was born 22 February 1939 in Leipzig, Germany, the son of a Methodist family.
- He went to school and university in his home city.
- He is a graduate of Karl Marx University, Leipzig (Dr.
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- He married Gerlinde Johanna Müller on 24 October 1964.
- They have three children: Mechthild Barbara, Bertram Christoph, and Friedrun Susanne, as well as nine grandchildren.
- He died 3 September 2017. Rüdiger joined the Middle Germany Annual Conference in 1964 and was appointed Assistant Minister at Plauen.
- He was ordained Elder by Bishop Friedrich Wunderlich in 1966.
- While pastoring in Jena (1970–76) he became a part-time faculty member at the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Bad Klosterlausnitz.
- He was appointed full-time faculty in 1976, and served as the Director of the Seminary, 1984-86.
- On 22 May 1986 he was elected Bishop by the Central Conference in the German Democratic Republic and was assigned to the Dresden Episcopal Area.
- In 1992 he was assigned to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- He was elected Bishop for the Eurasia Area by the North European Central Conference in 1993. Minor was a delegate to the 1980 General Conference of the U.M.
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- He was a member of the U.M.
- General Council on Ministries (1980–86), and of the World Methodist Historical Society beginning in 1973, serving on its Executive Committee (1976–86) and as a Vice-President for Europe (1986–91).
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