Pastors and Other Called Workers
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Manhattan, Kansas
Name | Title | Served From | Served To | Note |
M.K.C. Vetter | Missionary Pastor | 1914 | 1914 | Service at St. Paul, Clarks Creek held first organized services in Manhattan |
Otto Hoyer | Vacancy Pastor | May 1914 | 1917 | Served at St. John, Riley, First Record on Constitution in 1915 |
Herbert Petrich | Vacancy Pastor | 1917 | 1920 | Served as Army Chaplin during WWI at Ft. Riley. Congregation officially organized in 1918 |
P. Kauffeld | Temp. Vacancy Pastor | 1920 | 1920 | Missionary awaiting passport to serve in India |
Henry H. Frohn | Pastor | Feb 20, 1921 | Oct 31, 1948 | First Resident Pastor. Called to Elkador, IA |
A. E. Oldehoeft | Vacancy Pastor | 1948 | 1949 | Serving Junction City |
Rueben J. Schmidt | Pastor | Jul 1949 | 1956 | Call to IA E Dist, Exec Sec |
Delbert Schulz | DCE | 1953 | 1957 | Called to Racine, WI |
Robert Rosenkoetter | Pastor | Jun 1957 | Aug 1977 | |
David Scaer | Vicar | Sep 1958 | Aug 1959 | |
Delores Seyfort | Deconess | 1961 | 1963 | |
Robert Schaedel | Pastor | Jan 1978 | Jan 1996 | Called to Trinity, Salina |
David Rahberg | DCE | Nov 1980 | Jan 1991 | |
Frederick V. Smith | Assoc. Pastor | Dec 1990 | Jun 1992 | |
Julie Korte | DCE | Jan 1992 | ? | |
James Gau | Assoc. Pastor | Jul 1993 | Mar 1996 | Resigned |
Marvin Bartz | Vacancy Pastor | 1996 | ? | Clarks Creek |
John Rath | Vacancy Pastor | 1996 | ? | Topeka |
Michael Schmidt | Pastor | Oct 2011 | - |