Patrick Philipp Streiff (born July 8, 1955 in
Birsfelden
Birsfelden (Swiss German: ''Birsfälde'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
History
Birsfelden is first mentioned in 1274 as ''minor Rinvelden''. Around 1500 it was first mentioned as ...
,
Switzerland) is
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ...
of Central and Southern Europe which comprises the countries
Albania
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Algeria
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Austria
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,
Bulgaria
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Czech Republic,
Croatia,
France,
Hungary,
Macedonia,
Poland,
Serbia and Montenegro,
Slovakia,
Switzerland, and
Tunisia.
Life
Patrick Streiff made the schools in Birsfelden and
Muttenz. From 1975 to 1979 he studied at the theological seminary of the United Methodist Church in
Reutlingen
Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818.
Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which ...
(
Germany) and from 1979 to 1983 at the
University of Bern (Switzerland).
1979 he married Heidi Albrecht, with whom he has four children, Rahel, Corinne, Manuel and Myriam.
1984 he was ordained elder (pastor) of the United Methodist Church. He served as pastor in
Lausanne-
Vevey,
Neuchâtel and
Biel
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.
From 1988 he was director of the Centre Méthodiste de Formation Théologique in Lausanne and from 1992 professor of modern Christian history.
2005 Patrick Streiff was elected bishop of the United Methodist Church in Central and Southern Europe. He is the successor of
Heinrich Bolleter has assumed his office on 1 May 2006.
Beside his service as pastor and professor, Patrick Streiff is also president of the European Section of the "World Methodist Historical Society" and works as consultant in establishing a theological education in French speaking countries of
Africa
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and in
Cambodia
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.
Works
* Reluctant Saint? A Theological Biography of Fletcher of Madeley, Epworth Press 2001,
* Methodism in Europe in the 19th and 20th century, Eesti Metodist Kirik, 2003,
* Der Methodismus in Europa im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, EmK-Geschichte, Monografien, Band 50, 2003,
See also
*
List of bishops of the United Methodist Church
This is a list of bishops of the United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations, in order of their election to the episcopacy, both living and dead.
1784–1807
;Founders
* Thomas Coke 1784
*Francis Asbury 1784
* Richard Whatcoat 1 ...
References
*The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Churc
*InfoServ, the official information service of The United Methodist Church.
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Living people
Swiss United Methodist bishops
21st-century Methodist ministers
20th-century Methodist ministers
People from Basel-Landschaft