Marquart, Ernesto (1926–2006)
By The Brazilian White Center – UNASP
The Brazilian White Center – UNASP is a team of teachers and students at the Brazilian Ellen G. White Research Center – UNASP at the Brazilian Adventist University, Campus Engenheiro, Coelho, SP. The team was supervised by Drs. Adolfo Semo Suárez, Renato Stencel, and Carlos Flávio Teixeira. Bruno Sales Gomes Ferreira provided technical support. The following names are of team members: Adriane Ferrari Silva, Álan Gracioto Alexandre, Allen Jair Urcia Santa Cruz, Camila Chede Amaral Lucena, Camilla Rodrigues Seixas, Daniel Fernandes Teodoro, Danillo Alfredo Rios Junior, Danilo Fauster de Souza, Débora Arana Mayer, Elvis Eli Martins Filho, Felipe Cardoso do Nascimento, Fernanda Nascimento Oliveira, Gabriel Pilon Galvani, Giovana de Castro Vaz, Guilherme Cardoso Ricardo Martins, Gustavo Costa Vieira Novaes, Ingrid Sthéfane Santos Andrade, Isabela Pimenta Gravina, Ivo Ribeiro de Carvalho, Jhoseyr Davison Voos dos Santos, João Lucas Moraes Pereira, Kalline Meira Rocha Santos, Larissa Menegazzo Nunes, Letícia Miola Figueiredo, Luan Alves Cota Mól, Lucas Almeida dos Santos, Lucas Arteaga Aquino, Lucas Dias de Melo, Matheus Brabo Peres, Mayla Magaieski Graepp, Milena Guimarães Silva, Natália Padilha Corrêa, Rafaela Lima Gouvêa, Rogel Maio Nogueira Tavares Filho, Ryan Matheus do Ouro Medeiros, Samara Souza Santos, Sergio Henrique Micael Santos, Suelen Alves de Almeida, Talita Paim Veloso de Castro, Thais Cristina Benedetti, Thaís Caroline de Almeida Lima, Vanessa Stehling Belgd, Victor Alves Pereira, Vinicios Fernandes Alencar, Vinícius Pereira Nascimento, Vitória Regina Boita da Silva, William Edward Timm, Julio Cesar Ribeiro, Ellen Deó Bortolotte, Maria Júlia dos Santos Galvani, Giovana Souto Pereira, Victor Hugo Vaz Storch, and Dinely Luana Pereira.
First Published: June 27, 2021
Ernesto Marquart, pastor and missionary evangelist, was born on March 19, 1926, to an Adventist family in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The son of Emílio Marquart (1890-1969) and Olivia Wolff, he had eight siblings: Frida, Fredolino, Paulo, Paula, Ernestina, Lina, Elly, and Lilly Marquart. On March 4, 1954, he married Dinorah Ferrari, and from this union two daughters were born: Ione Ferrari Marquart (Porto) and Elione Ferrari Marquart (Souza),1 thereafter a boy came along: Décio Fernandes Marquardt.
Ernesto made an important contribution to the Seventh-day Church. For over thirty years, he served as pastor in several districts in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. He graduated with a degree in theology in 1954 from the Brazil College (today UNASP – SP).2 In 1956, he accepted the call to work at the Rio Grande do Sul Conference, where he served for the next 21 years. He worked as a dean at the Cruzeiro do Sul Adventist Academy (today IACS) in the city of Taquara.3 He was the first pastor of the Novo Hamburgo district in the Central and Vila Diehl churches from 1959 to 1961,4 when he was ordained to the ministry.5 In the following years, he was a pastor in Passo Fundo (1963),6 Erexim (1964-1967),7 Tenente Portela (1968-1969),8 Três Passos (1970-1971),9 Palmeira das Missões (1972-1973),10 Porto Alegre (1974-1975),11 Camaquã, and Sentinela do Sul (1976-1977).12
In 1978, he accepted the call to work in the East Sao Paulo Conference. There, he was a pastor in Cotia (1979-1980),13 Piedade (1981),14 Jacupiranga (1982), and Cajati (1982-1983).15 In 1983, he started to serve in the South Sao Paulo Conference.16 In 1984, he was a chaplain of the Sao Roque Adventist Clinic.17 In Sao Paulo, Ernesto also was a pastor in Apiaí, Itapetininga, and Pariquera-Açu districts.18 He retired in 199119, and after that he continued to serve the church in Alambari, Sao Paulo. He passed away on July 27, 2006 at the age of 80 in the city of Ribeirao Preto, state of Sao Paulo, where he attended the church of Recreio das Acacias.20 With over 35 years of ministry, Pastor Ernesto Marquart contributed to the preaching of the Gospel and the edification of people in many districts in Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. As a result of his missionary efforts, hundreds of people were baptized.21
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Stencel, Renato. “Histórico da Faculdade Adventista de Teologia no Brasil.” Artigo, Instituto Adventista de Ensino, 2014. Accessed September, 2019. https://www.academia.edu/8523969/Breve_Hist%C3%B3rico_do_SALT_-_Brasil_Sul.
“Tronco 5 Johann Jacob Wolff – Vol IV – da Obra de Genealogia do Dr. Ervino (Erwin) Marquart,” in Collection of the National Center of Adventist History/Ellen G. White Research Center: UNASP-EC, SP. Bookcase: 02. Shelf: 06. Folder: “Ernesto Marquart.”
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“Tronco 5 JOHANN JACOB WOLFF – Vol IV – da Obra de Genealogia do Dr. Ervino (Erwin) Marquart” (Collection of the National Center of Adventist History/Ellen G. White Research Center: UNASP-EC, Engenheiro Coelho, SP), 11. Donnell Ferrari, interview by Maria Júlia dos Santos Galvani, Engenheiro Coelho, São Paulo, March 7, 2022.↩
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Renato Stencel, “Histórico da Faculdade Adventista de Teologia no Brasil” (Artigo, Instituto Adventista de Ensino, 2014), 38.↩
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“Ernesto Marquart,” Revista Adventista 101, no. 11 (November, 2006): 37.↩
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“Igreja Adventista de Novo Hamburgo (Central),” National Center of Adventist History Network, January 20, 2015, accessed January 27, 2020, http://www.memoriaadventista.com.br/wikiasd/index.php?title=Igreja_Adventista_de_Novo_Hamburgo,_RS_(Central); “Igreja Adventista de Novo Hamburgo (Vila Diehl),” National Center of Adventist History Network, January 20, 2015, accessed January 27, 2020, http://www.memoriaadventista.com.br/wikiasd/index.php?title=Igreja_Adventista_de_Novo_Hamburgo,_RS_(Vila_Diehl).↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1962), 175.↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1964), 203, 501.↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1965, 1966), 208, 669; “Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1968), 220, 613.↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1969), 220, 613; “Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1970), 226, 634.↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1971), 236, 645; “Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1972), 237.↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1973, 1974), 596.↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1975), 242, 613; “Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1976), 259, 672.↩
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“Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1977), 264, 692; “Rio Grande do Sul Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1978), 271, 711; “Igreja Adventista de Sentinela do Sul, RS,” National Center of Adventist History Network, January 16, 2015, accessed January 27, 2020, http://www.memoriaadventista.com.br/wikiasd/index.php?title=Igreja_Adventista_de_Sentinela_do_Sul,_RS_(Alto_de_Dores).↩
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“East São Paulo Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1980), 271, 719; “East São Paulo Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.) Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1981), 280, 741.↩
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“East São Paulo Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1982), 287, 775.↩
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“East São Paulo Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1983), 304, 802; “Igreja Adventista de Cajataí,” National Center of Adventist History, January 27, 2015, accessed January 2020, http://www.memoriaadventista.com.br/wikiasd/index.php?title=Igreja_Adventista_de_Cajati,_SP_(Pioneira).↩
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“South São Paulo Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1984), 312.↩
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“São Roque Adventist Clinic,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1985), 518.↩
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“Ernesto Marquart,” Revista Adventista, 101, no. 11 (November, 2006): 37.↩
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“Central Brazil Union Conference,” Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1992), 266.↩
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“Ernesto Marquart,” Revista Adventista, 101, no. 11 (November, 2006): 37.↩
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“União Sul,” Revista Adventista, 67, no. 02 (February, 1972): 26.↩