Rosemarie Wenner (born July 1, 1955) is a German Methodist bishop. She was the Presiding Bishop of the
United Methodist Church
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in
Germany
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from April 2005 until May 2017.
Rosemarie Wenner studied in
Reutlingen
Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (district), district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a Reutlingen University, univ ...
, Germany. After her
ordination
Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
she worked in
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...
-Durlach,
Hockenheim and
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...
/Sprendlingen.
On April 1, 2005 Rosemarie Wenner was the first woman to be elected United Methodist bishop in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. She succeeded Dr.
Walter Klaiber.
From 2012 to 2014 she was the president of the UMC Council of Bishops. She was the first woman from outside the United States ''to preside over the council.''
Rosemarie Wenner is a member of the UMC Commission on a Way Forward that was tasked by the General Conference find a solution for the conflict on the disputed paragraphs in the UMC's Book of Discipline regarding homosexuality.
See also
*
List of bishops of the United Methodist Church
References
*InfoServ, the official information service of The United Methodist Church.
*The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Churc
External links
* http://www.emk.de (German)
1955 births
Living people
German United Methodist bishops
Women Methodist bishops
21st-century Methodist ministers
20th-century Methodist ministers
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