He was ordained on November 6, 1911, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church and was named pastor of the Hoffnungstal Parish and vicar in Kassel (today, Welykokomariwka/Великокомарівка) until 1918.
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Immanuel Winkler (*June 3, 1886 in Sarata; †June 18, 1932 in Winnipeg), given names Adolf Immanuel Mathaeus, was Pastor in Hoffnungstal and author.