Johann Funk
Johann Funk (December 26, 1836 – March 15, 1917) was a Mennonite bishop in early Canadian history.
Funk was born on the Bergthal Colony, a Mennonite settlement near Mariupol, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (Today Ukraine) in 1836. In 1874, bishop Gerhard Wiebe persuaded the colony to emigrate to Canada. Funk was ordained a bishop in Canada in 1892, and played a significant role in the development of Mennonite education and the formation of Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna, Manitoba.
Funk died in 1917 in Altbergthal, near Altona, Manitoba.
References
[edit]- Klippenstein, Lawrence (1998). "Funk, Johann". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online entry on Bergthal Mennonites
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