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Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (born 30 March 1960 in Memmingen) is a German Lutheran bishop.

Life

His father was a Lutheran priest in Memmingen. Bedford-Strohm studied Lutheran theology at Erlangen, Heidelberg and Berkeley. In 1997, he became a pastor. From 2004 until 2011, he worked at the University of Bamberg. In 2011, he became bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. From 2014 to 2021 he was the chairman of the council of Evangelical Church in Germany, succeeding Nikolaus Schneider.

In 1985, he married Deborah Bedford and they had three sons.

Works

Vorrang für die Armen. Auf dem Weg zu einer theologischen Theorie der Gerechtigkeit. Gütersloher Verlags-Haus, Gütersloh 1993, ISBN 3-579-02010-2. (Heidelberg, Universität, Dissertation, 1992).
Gemeinschaft aus kommunikativer Freiheit. Sozialer Zusammenhalt in der modernen Gesellschaft. Ein theologischer Beitrag. Gütersloher Verlags-Haus, Gütersloh 1999, ISBN 3-579-02626-7. (Heidelberg University, Habilitation thesis, 1998).
Schöpfung (Ökumenische Studienhefte 12). Göttingen 2001.
Position beziehen. Perspektiven einer öffentlichen Theologie, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-532-62440-1
Leben dürfen – Leben müssen. Argumente gegen die Sterbehilfe, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-466-37114-3.
Funkenflug. Glaube neu entfacht. adeo, Aßlar 2015, ISBN 978-3-86334-072-8.
mit-ge-fühl. Ein Plädoyer, Munich 2016
Alles ändert sich. Die Welt im Licht von Weihnachten. Patmos, Ostfildern, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8436-0852-7.

Awards

2015: Hans Ehrenberg Award
2016: Herbert Haag Award
2017: Bavarian Order of Merit
2019: Oswald von Nell-Breuning Award

References

"Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (Honorarprofessor) – Lehrstuhl für Evangelische Theologie, Systematische Theologie und theologische Gegenwartsfragen". www.uni-bamberg.de (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
"Neuer evangelischer Landesbischof. Kirchenprominenz ist gekommen". sueddeutsche.de. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
"Bildergalerie Amtseinführung Landesbischof Bedford-Strohm. Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern". bayern-evangelisch.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
"Heinrich Bedford-Strohm als EKD-Chef wiedergewählt". Münchner Merkur (in German). dpa. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
Bingener, Reinhard (4 November 2020). "Wechsel an der Spitze der evangelischen Kirche" (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2023. Bedford-Strom will von 2021 an nicht mehr EKD-Ratsvorsitzender sein.
"Bedford-Strohm". www.ekd.de. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

External links

"Personen von A bis Z". Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – EKD (in German). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
"Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (Honorarprofessor) – Lehrstuhl für Evangelische Theologie, Systematische Theologie und theologische Gegenwartsfragen". Studieren im Welterbe (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
"ELKB". bayern-evangelisch.de (in German). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
"Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Forschungsstelle für Öffentliche Theologie – Evangelische Theologie". Studieren im Welterbe (in German). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

Titles in Lutheranism
Preceded byJohannes Friedrich	Landesbischof of Bavaria 2011–	Succeeded byincumbent

v t e Presidents of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany
Theophil Wurm (1945–1949) Otto Dibelius (1949–1961) Kurt Scharf (1961–1967) Hermann Dietzfelbinger (1967–1973) Helmut Claß (1973–1979) Eduard Lohse (1979–1985) Martin Kruse (1985–1991) Klaus Engelhardt (1991–1997) Manfred Kock (1997–2003) Wolfgang Huber (2003–2009) Margot Käßmann (2009–2010) Nikolaus Schneider (2010–2014) Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (2014–2021) Annette Kurschus (2021–present)

Presidents of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany

Theophil Wurm (1945–1949)
Otto Dibelius (1949–1961)
Kurt Scharf (1961–1967)
Hermann Dietzfelbinger (1967–1973)
Helmut Claß (1973–1979)
Eduard Lohse (1979–1985)
Martin Kruse (1985–1991)
Klaus Engelhardt (1991–1997)
Manfred Kock (1997–2003)
Wolfgang Huber (2003–2009)
Margot Käßmann (2009–2010)
Nikolaus Schneider (2010–2014)
Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (2014–2021)
Annette Kurschus (2021–present)

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