The Evangelical-Reformed Church of Uri is a

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state cantonal church in the

canton of Uri The canton of Uri (german: Kanton Uri rm, Chantun Uri; french: Canton d'Uri; it, Canton Uri) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territ ...

History

By the end of 2002, the Uri Church was a member of the Evangelical Reformed Church Association of Central Switzerland . This broke up on 1 January 2003. The newly formed independent Reformed cantonal churches were members of the

Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

Origins

The presence of Protestants in Uri is closely linked to the construction of the

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line in 1882. This led to the influx of many Reformed families of workers and engineers who began to organize Protestant auxiliary associations.

Organization

Parishes

Since its inception the cantonal church comprised three parishes: *Altdorf and surroundings *Erstfeld and Urner Oberland *Ursern with Andermatt, Hospental and Realp and the situated on the top Reusstal Göschenen In the spring meeting of the Reformed Church on 19 May 2014, a new organizational statute was adopted which provides the fusion of the three traditional parishes into one.

Churches

The church council as the executive of the state church consists of 9 members and is chaired by Dieter Kolthoff (as of 2013). Women ordination is allowed.

External links

The official homepage of the Protestant State Church of Uri
(in German)

References

{{coord missing, Switzerland Reformed cantonal churches in Switzerland Canton of Uri