LH Mikl-Leitner: “Trusting cooperation”
St. Pölten (OTS/NLK) – The Protestant Church in Lower Austria elected a new superintendent this Saturday at the superintendent meeting in Langenlois. The choice fell on Michael Simmer, previously a specialist inspector for Protestant religious education at secondary schools in Lower Austria.
“The state of Lower Austria has had a very trusting relationship and great mutual appreciation with the Protestant Church for many years. “I am very much looking forward to continuing this proven and strong partnership with the new superintendent,” says State Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner about today’s election and congratulates the new superintendent on his “responsible and important task”. The state governor: “In challenging times we need orientation and support, cohesion and cooperation. Politics and the church have a great shared responsibility here, which we want to continue to assume together in the future.”
The Evangelical Diocese of Lower Austria has around 34,000 members in 38 parishes. The new superintendent will take office on September 1st of this year, and the inauguration ceremony is planned for September 28th in the Evangelical Church in Wiener Neustadt.
Michael Simmer is 41 years old and studied Protestant theology in Vienna and Bern. He completed his vicariate in the parish of Amstetten-Waidhofen/Ybbs, and spent his time as a candidate for pastorate in the position of youth pastor in Lower Austria. Since 2019, Simmer has been a specialist inspector for Protestant religious education at secondary schools and head of the school office of the Lower Austrian Superintendence.
Questions & Contact:
Office of the Lower Austrian State Government
State Office Directorate/Public Relations
Mag. Christian Salzmann
02742/9005-12172
presse@noel.gv.at
www.noe.gv.at/presse
