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Kosciol, Johannes

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Clergy
Biography

Pastor Johannes Kosciol (some documents also record the surname as Koseiol or Kosczoll) was born 29 May 1855 in Bartelsdorf, Silesia. He was ordained 15 October 1884.

He married Maria Jordan, daughter of Pastor Gottlieb Friedrich Jordan who was serving the congregation in Balzer.

He died 28 February 1926 in Brunnental at the home of his son-in-law, Pastor Johannes Grasmück.

He served in the following parishes:

1886 Brunnental
1887-1892 Balzer
1892-1924 Gnadentau

Source(s)

- Die Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Russland: 1914. [Online]
- Kosciol Johannes (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 152.

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Pastor Johannes Kosciol.
Source: wolgadeutsche.ru