Lukas Vischer (theologian)

Lukas Vischer
Lukas Vischer in March 2008
Born	23 November 1926 Basel, Switzerland
Died	11 March 2008(2008-03-11) (aged 81) Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Spouse	Barbara Schmidt ​ (m. 1953)​
Children	4

Lukas Vischer (born 23 November 1926 in Basel, Switzerland; died 11 March 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland) was a Swiss Reformed Theologian. From 1961 he was Research Secretary of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Faith and Order Commission in Geneva and from 1966 until 1979 the Commission’s Director. From 1980 until 1992 he headed the Protestant Office for Ecumenism in Switzerland and taught Ecumenical Theology at the Theological Faculty of the University of Bern. From 1982 until 1989 he was moderator of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches’ (WARC) Theology department and from 1982 until 2008 moderator of the John Knox International Reformed Centre’s Programme Commission in Geneva. In these years, ecological responsibility of the Churches became a focal point of his work.