Hermann Kunst

Studied Protestant theology at the universities of Marburg, Berlin and Münster.

Ordained in 1932.

1934 to 1952: Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Mariengemeinde Stift Berg in Herford.

From 1942 Superintendent of the Herford church district

From 1939 Wehrmacht (war chaplain)

October 1945 Release from captivity as a prisoner of war

1945 to 1949 Member of the church leadership of the Protestant Church of Westphalia

1950 to 1977 First representative of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) to the Federal Government

1956 to 1972 Military bishop in the German Armed Forces

1958 to 1987 Member of the advisory board of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation

1964 Founding of the Hermann Kunst Foundation 

Honours:

Honorary doctorate from the University of Münster and four other universities

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Augsburg Peace Prize, honorary citizen of the city of Espelkamp, Prize of the Bible and Culture Foundation

The Protestant Military Chaplaincy in Germany awards the Hermann Kunst Medal for services to the pastoral care of soldiers.