11.09.2006
János Ittzés Appointed Interim Presiding Bishop of Hungarian Church
János Ittzés, bishop of the West District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary has been named interim presiding bishop of the Hungarian Lutheran church. Ittzés, 62, succeeds Bishop Dr Imre Szebik who retired in March 2006. The church's synod will make a final decision on the position in November this year.Ittzés pursued theological studies at the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Academy in Budapest from 1962 to 1967, leading to his ordination in 1970. After serving as a vicar in Kőszeg from 1970 until 1971, he was a congregation pastor in Takácsi from 1971 to 1981, and in Kőszeg from 1981 to 2000. He has been bishop of the church's West District since 2000.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary, an LWF member since 1947, has some 305,000 members. (138 words)
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