Ruhnu Parish
Ministers of Ruhnu Church | ||
In office | Name | |
Until 1621 | Hans Homodt | d. 1621 |
Arvidus Petri | ||
1645–... | Johannis Ubboberus | |
Until 1650 | Ambernus Mauraeus | d. 1650 |
1653–... | Andreas Benedicti Yngerus | |
Until 1688 | Oluf Fontini | |
1688–93 | Peter Ottenius | |
1694–1702 | Gunnar Follenius | |
1702–26 | Jonas Drothenius | |
1726–29 | Alexander Holmqvist | |
1729–38 | Anton Kroll | |
1739–56 | Johann Nicolaus Reuter | |
1756–66 | Immanuel Reuter | |
1767–95 | Peter Johann Lindemann | d. 1795 |
1795–1806 | Nikolaus Malmgren | 1772–1829 |
1807–19 | Gustav Magnus Elephandt | 1781–1819 |
1820–36 | Gustaf Forsell | 1791–1861 |
1838–41 | Carl Johann Bröcker | 1811–44 |
1841–42 | Fredrik Joachim Ekman | 1798–1872 |
1843–44 | Erik Wilhelm Wladimir Danielsson | 1815–82 |
1845–55 | Carl Hellen | 1806–74 |
1857–62 | Johann Erik Immanuel Telenius | 1806–63 |
1862–66 | Axel Gabriel Ylander | 1829–82 |
1871–92 | Adolf Fredrik Dreijer | 1817–92 |
1892–96 | Kaarlo Julius Kalpa | 1867–18 |
1897–1902 | Oskar Ferdinand Sevelius | 1873–1946 |
1907–15 | August Zetterquist | 1860–1929 |
1918–19 | Nils Linderstam | 1878–1930 |
1920–22 | Ernst Vilhelm Gordon | |
1923–30 | Gunnar Schantz | |
1930–37 | Carl Gustav Grönberg | |
1937–40 | John Lindström | 1909–85 |
1942–44 | Alexander Samberg | |
1988–89 | Joel Luhamets | 1952– |
1989–92 | Jaan Tammsalu | 1960– |
1996– | Harry-Johannes Rein | 1926– |
Ruhnu Parish (German Kirchspiel Runö in Oesel, inseln Runö), used to belong to Saare County and included Ruhnu island. Before the construction of the church dedicated to Mary Magdalene (1644) there were several chapels on the island. A minister on Ruhnu was first mentioned in 1621, in 1645 Ruhnu got its own pastor. The oldest parish registry dates back to 1682 (it reviews years 1683–1762, the second parish registry years 1767–1835). 1683–1926 Ruhnu congregation belonged to the Swedish deanery. Ruhnu became a separate parish in 1713. The church also owned Ruhnu Church Manor (Pastorat Runö). In 1875, a new parsonage was constructed; a school has operated there since. In 1912 the new church was finished, consecrated on 20 July (new calendar 2 August). Church assets were nationalized in 1940, the congregation stopped its activity when the Swedes left in 1944. 3. III 1988 the new Ruhnu church was re-consecrated, in 1999 the old wooden church was re-consecrated. In 2000 the former parsonage was returned to the congregation.
At present, there is one active congregation on the island – Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Ruhnu St. Magdalene congregation that belongs to the Saarte deanery.
EE 12, 2003; updated in 2013