Choice of the new superintendent: three candidates in the fight for leadership!

Choice of the new superintendent: three candidates in the fight for leadership!

Klagenfurt, Österreich - The race for the management of the Evangelical Diocese of Carinthia-East Tyrol takes on forms! Three top-class candidates-Andrea Fiorella Mattioli, Peter Stockmann and Dagmar Wagner-Ruca-have set themselves up for the position of the superintendent. This exciting election process, which will take place in Villach on Saturday, April 26, was necessary because the current superintendent Manfred Sauer will retire at the end of the year. Around 42,000 members in 33 parishes are waiting for a decision that are made by a two-thirds majority in the superintendite meeting, as

The candidates bring impressive backgrounds and experiences with: Mattioli, who has been the pastor of the parish association Zlan-Ferndorf since 2019, was born in Germany and spent a lot of time in Carinthia. Stockmann, former pastor in Thuringia and Mecklenburg, is active as an emergency pastor and has been working in Spittal an der Drau since 2022. Wagner-Ruca, pastor in Unterhaus-Millstättersee for over 20 years, brings an extensive career as a nurse and midwife before moving to studying theology. All three candidates are ready to take over the spiritual leadership and supervision of the Evangelical Church in Carinthia-Eastirol.

In addition to the elections of the superintendents, there was also an important new occupation in the secular area. Margarethe Prinz-Büchl was recently elected as the new superintendial curator and thus plays an important role in the diocese of Carinthia-East Tyrol. At the constituent superintendial assembly on April 27, the 70-year-old was elected to this six-year voluntary function. She replaces the long -time predecessor Helli Thelesklaf. Prinz-Büchl commented on her choice: "A lot of what I was able to experience, learn and use in various areas in my life, I can send this special office." With her extensive experience and study horizon, she strives to lead the Evangelical Church in Carinthia-East Tyrol into a more cooperative and community future, such as evang.at reported.