Franz Dibelius


Franz Wilhelm Dibelius was a German Protestant theologian. He was the father of theologian Martin Dibelius and an uncle to theologian Otto Dibelius.
He studied at the University of Halle, receiving his theology license in 1871. In 1873 he obtained his habilitation for church history, and during the following year, became a pastor at Annenkirche in Dresden. In 1884 he was named pastor at the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, then in 1910 was appointed Oberhofprediger and vice-president of the Landeskonsistorium.
He was a founder of the Gesellschaft für Sächsische Kirchengeschichte, and in 1893 was named chair at the Dresden Hauptverein of the Gustav-Adolf Vereins. From 1882, with Gotthard Victor Lechler, he was editor of the Beiträge zur sächsischen Kirchengeschichte.

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