The Staff of the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey

The Academic Team

Ioan Sauca, Ph.D., Director since January 2002 (Romanian Orthodox Church, Romania)

Father Ioan Sauca is an Orthodox priest from Romania. His field of expertise is systematic theology with a special emphasis on Orthodox missiology and ecumenism. Father Sauca's post-graduate studies included the Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies 1984-1985 at the Ecumenical Institue of Bossey before two years in the multicultural, multifaith milieu of the Selly Oak Colleges and the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. In Romania he taught mission and ecumenism at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Sibiu. In 1990 he was given responsibility by the Patriarchate for ecumenical church relations, press and communications and religious education. In 1994 he joined the World Council of Churches as executive secretary for Orthodox Studies and Relationships in Mission in Unit II - Churches in Mission: Health, Education, Witness.

Gosbert Byamungu, Ph.D., Professor since December 1999 (Roman Catholic Church, Tanzania)

Father Gosbert Byamungu is a Roman Catholic Priest from Tanzania. After pursuing graduate studies in his country, he subsequently studied theology at the Urban University in Rome, later making specialization in Biblical studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained his doctorate. Fr. Gosbert has taught systematic philosophy at the National Philosophical Institute of Ntungamo in Tanzania, and has had pastoral experiences in Italy, Germany and the USA. Prior to his appointment by the Vatican to work with the World Council of Churches, he was working as pastor in his home country. His special focus in Biblical Hermeneutics is intertextuality.

Visiting Professors 2005-2006

Prof. Dr. Theo Witvliet, Ph.D. (Uniting Protestant Churches in the Netherlands)

Prof. Dr Theo Witvliet is Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Field of expertise: Social Ethics, Liberation Theology.

Prof. Dr. Bert Hoedemaker, Ph.D. (Uniting Churches in the Netherlands)

Prof. Dr Bert Hoedemaker is Emeritus Professor of Ecumenics and Mission at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He was a member of the Faith and Order commission from 1983 to 1996. He is a minister of the Uniting Churches in the Netherlands. Field of expertise: Mission in the context of secularization and globalization.

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Anu Talvivaara, M.Ed., Coordinator for Administrative Academic Affairs since January 1999 (Orthodox Church of Finland, Finland)

Ms Anu Talvivaara studied first administration and marketing and did her post-graduate studies in science of education, special pedagogies and religious education at the University of Joensuu, Finland. She has worked in the WCC as Executive Secretary for Youth Team 1990-96 and Associate Director of the Office for Income Coordination and Development 1996-1998 before joining Bossey. She has also served as the General Secretary of SYNDESMOS, The World Fellowship of Orthodox youth organizations 1989-1992.

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Andreas Waldvogel, M.A. in Theology, Librarian since July 2002 (Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, Switzerland)

Rev. Andreas Waldvogel is an ordained pastor of the Reformed Church, Switzerland. He completed his theological studies and pastoral training at the University of Basel, Faculty of Reformed Theology. 1988-89 he was engaged in a ecumenical ministry abroad, as Director of Arab student's hostel in Israel. In 1990-2000 he served the Reformed Church of Switzerland as a parish pastor, before doing post-graduate studies in Library and Information Science in order to become librarian.

Stephanie Krause, Vicar (2005-2006)

Stephanie Krause is ordained pastor of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg (Germany). She studied Protestant Theology in Bethel, Berlin and Tübingen. 2003-2005 she lived and worked as vicar in a small village in her home church. She is sent to the Ecumenical Institute Bossey by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

The Hospitality and Administration Team


Luc Hegetschweiler, Operation & Development Manager

Daniel Kraehenmann, Hospitality Supervisor

Finn Toennessen, Reception Coordinator

Anne Owen, Administrative Assistant

Maria Dängeli, Receptionist

Ginetta Carulli, Cook

Maria Vaccaro, Housekeeper

Tomislav Trpevski, Housekeeper

Nelson Ariole, Housekeeper

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Core Group of the Bossey Board 2006-

Members:
Rev. Dr S. Wesley Ariarajah, Sri Lanka/Switzerland/USA
Dr Robert K. Welsh, USA
Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, South Africa
Prof. Dr Erlinda Senturias, Philippines

Ex-Officio Members
Prof. Dr François Dermange, Switzerland
Mr. Georges Lemopoulos, Turkey/Switzerland
Fr. Prof. Ioan Sauca, Romania

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