Pastors who served the Parish of Norka
The list below and the information on the pastors of Norka parish is extracted from two sources:
"Die Pastoren der evangelischen Kirchen Russlands vom Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts bis 1937" compiled by Erik Amburger and "Die Kirchen und das religioese Leben der Russlanddeutschen" compiled by Joseph Schnurr. The extracts were translated by Horst W. Gutsche in October 2002.
"Geschichte der Reformirten Kirche in Russland" by Hermann Dalton (Gotha: Rudolf Besser Verlag, 1865). The translation of the section pertaining to Norka was prepared by Bill Pickelhaupt for Steve Schreiber in July 2011.
1767 - 1769 Pastor Fuchs
1769 - 1782 Johann Georg Herwig
1782 - 1784 No pastor in residence
1784 - 1831 Johann Baptist Cattaneo - assisted by his son, Lukas Cattaneo, from 1817 to March 1828
1828 - 1828 Lukas Cattaneo
1828 - 1830 Emanuel Grunauer of the parish of Messer also served Norka
1830 - 1841 Friedrich Berner
1841 - 1845 Christian Gottlieb Hegele of the parish of Beideck also served Norka
1845 - 1876 Christoph Heinrich Bonwetsch
1875 - 1877 Gottlieb Nathanael Bonwetsch
1877 - 1908 Wilhelm Stärkel
1897 - 1901? Woldemar Emil Arthur Sibbul
1910 - 1913 David Weigum
1913 - 1925 Friedrich Alexander Wacker
1925 - 1934 Emil Pfeiffer
1934 - 1941 No pastor was allowed to serve under Soviet rule up to the time of deportation.