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[[File:Quring, Johann 1851-1912 (044-119).jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Johann Quiring, 1851-1912<br>Photo: Mennonite Heritage Archives (Winnipeg) (044-119)'']]
Johann Quiring, a Mennonite teacher and elder in Russia, was born at Fessendorf near [[Marienburg (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Marienburg]], West Prussia, Germany, on 12 September 1851. In 1855 his parents settled at [[Köppental (Am Trakt Settlement, Samara Oblast, Russia)|Köppental]] ([[Am Trakt Mennonite Settlement (Samara Oblast, Russia)|Trakt settlement]]), Samara, Russia. He obtained his teacher’s certificate in 1870, upon completion of the course at the Marienkirchenschule, Saratov. He taught at Köppental 1870-89, and after the school was reorganized into a secondary school (<em>Ministerialschule</em>) he was instructor in Bible there 1898-1911. He served on the school board 1884-1911.

On 25 October 1881, Johann Quiring was elected minister and in 1884 elder to succeed [[Hamm, David (1822-1894)|David Hamm]]. Quiring was a very gifted and successful teacher and preacher and became known far beyond his own settlement. He was active in the work of the [[Allgemeine Bundeskonferenz der Mennonitengemeinden in Russland|Bundeskonferenz]] (General Conference of Russian Mennonites), of which he attended many sessions and served as chairman for three years. He also administered [[Baptism|baptism]] and the [[Communion|Lord’s Supper]] in the neighboring provinces of [[Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia)|Ufa]] and [[Orenburg Mennonite Settlement (Orenburg Oblast, Russia)|Orenburg]] and made a trip to St. Petersburg in behalf of all the Mennonites. [[Quiring, Jacob (1876-1942)|Jacob Quiring]], evangelist, educator, and scholar, who went to America, was his son. Johann Quiring died at Köppental on 9 April 1912.
= Bibliography =
Dyck, J. J. <em>Am Trakt. </em>North Kildonan, 1948: 48 ff.

Epp, D. H. “Unser Schmerzensblatt, 1912.” <em>Mennonitisches Jahrbuch</em> <em>1911-12. </em>Berdyansk: 137-39.
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