Markus Dröge (born 16 October 1954 in

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) is a German theologian and was from 2009 until 2019

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of the

Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia The Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (german: Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz, EKBO) is a United Protestant church body in the German states of Brandenburg, Berlin and a part of Saxony ( ...

(EKBO).

Career

Dröge studied Theology at the universities of

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

and

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...

. After completing a doctorate in Theology in 1999 he taught

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at the

University of Koblenz and Landau The University of Koblenz and Landau (German ''Universität Koblenz-Landau'') is a public university located in Koblenz and Landau, Germany, founded in 1990. History and profile The University of Koblenz and Landau is one of the youngest univers ...

. He was elected bishop by the Synod of the EKBO on 15 May 2009. On 14 November 2009 he was invested as bishop of the EKBO at

St. Mary's Church, Berlin St. Mary's Church, known in German as the Marienkirche or St.-Marien-Kirche, is a church in Berlin, Germany. It is located on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße (formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße) in central Berlin, near Alexanderplatz. The exact age of the or ...

, succeeding

Wolfgang Huber Wolfgang Huber (born 12 August 1942 in Strasbourg, Germany) is a prominent German theologian and ethicist. Huber served as bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia until November 2009. Huber succeeded Man ...

, who retired. Upon being elected Dröge was

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of the

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

district in the

Evangelical Church in the Rhineland Protestant Church in the Rhineland (german: Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland; EKiR) is a United Protestant church body in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse (Wetzlar). This is actually th ...

since 2004. He was succeeded by Rolf Stahl in 2009.

Other activities

* Leo Baeck Foundation, Member of the Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees
Leo Baeck Foundation.

Personal life

Dröge is married and has three children.

Works

*''Kirche in der Vielfalt des Geistes. Die christologische und pneumatologische Begründung der Kirche bei Jürgen Moltmann''. Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2000.

References

External links

Bischof Dr. Markus Dröge at ekbo.dePredigerinnen und Prediger an der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche, s.v. Markus Dröge
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Droge, Markus 1954 births Living people Writers from Washington, D.C. 20th-century German Protestant theologians University of Bonn alumni University of Tübingen alumni Christianity in Berlin German male non-fiction writers 21st-century German Lutheran bishops University of Koblenz and Landau faculty