Dietzel, Johann Jacob

Dietzel, Johann Jacob a Lutheran minister of Germany, was born August 7, 1808, at Rennweg, near Nuremberg. He studied theology and philology at Erlangen, and after having taught for ten years in different colleges, was appointed in 1842 third pastor of the Church of the Holy Ghost at Nuremberg, where he labored until his death, June 20, 1876. He took a great interest in the mission among Jews and heathen, and promoted the kingdom of Christ everywhere. (B.P.)