Maria Jepsen
Maria Jepsen (born Bregas ; born January 19, 1945 in Bad Segeberg ) is a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian . She was from 1992, the bishop of the diocese of Hamburg and from 2008 the Ward Hamburg-Lübeck the North Elbe Church . On July 16, 2010, she resigned from her position as bishop after Der Spiegel reported on July 10, 2010 that she had been informed in 1999 about sexual assaults by a pastor from Ahrensburg against minors in her church and had not done anything about it.
Career
After graduating from high school in Bad Segeberg in 1964, Jepsen studied classical philology and Protestant theology in Tübingen , Kiel and Marburg . She did her first theological exam in Kiel in 1970 and came to Lemsahl-Mellingstedt as vicar . In 1972 she took her second theological exam and then came to Meldorf as a parish pastor . In 1977 she moved to the pastor's position in Leck , where she stayed until 1990. In 1991 she became provost in Hamburg-Harburg . On April 4, 1992, Jepsen prevailed against Helge Adolphsen in the election of bishop to succeed Peter Krusch and became the world's first Lutheran bishop. She was inducted into office on August 30 of the same year. In 2002 she was re-elected in office by the Synod for another ten years. As a result of the structural changes in the North Elbe Church, its district expanded considerably from October 1, 2008 to become the Hamburg-Lübeck district. On July 16, 2010, she resigned from her position as bishop with effect from September 1, 2010.
Memberships in committees and bodies
From 1991 to 2010 Maria Jepsen was a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany and of the Diakonie , Mission , Ecumenical Committee . From 1992 to 2010 she was chairwoman of the Evangelical Missionary Work in Germany and a member of the Working Group of Christian Churches in Germany (since 2001 its deputy chairwoman) and from 1998 to 2010 chairwoman of the board of trustees of the Missionsakademie Hamburg. From July 2003 to 2010 Jepsen was also a member of the Council of the Lutheran World Federation .
Theological positions
Maria Jepsen sees herself as a feminist theologian . She is considered an extremely liberal bishop who, during her term of office, felt particularly committed to working for equal rights for homosexuals, interreligious dialogue, Christian ecumenism, the rights of migrants, the homeless, drug addicts, prostitutes and people with HIV / AIDS.
Private life
During the vicariate she married Peter Jepsen in 1972, who was also vicar at the time. With him she went to Meldorf in 1972 as a parish pastor.
Since September 2010 she has lived with her husband on the outskirts of Husum , where she is committed to the Husum-Schwesig concentration camp memorial .
Succession in office as bishop
Jepsen's position as bishop was refilled at a synod of the North Elbe Church in June 2011. Your successor is Kirsten Fehrs .
literature
- Rita Süssmuth , Renate Schmidt , Maria Jepsen, Miguel-Pascal Schaar (eds.): What remains? Four years of church Aids work in Hamburg. Swarm of men , Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-928983-28-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria Jepsen in the catalog of the German National Library
- North Elbe: CV of Maria Jepsen
- Farewell interview
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mathias Kaman: Abuse scandal: Bishop Maria Jepsen resigns. Welt-Online , July 16, 2010.
- ↑ The bishop is said to have known about abuse years ago. In: Spiegel Online , July 12, 2010.
- ↑ Former Hamburg bishop: Public prosecutor's office closes investigation against Maria Jepsen In: Spiegel Online , September 13, 2012.
- ↑ Philipp Gessler: Hamburg Bishop Jepsen: "Mary was not a virgin" . In: die tageszeitung , May 15, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ↑ Detlev Mücke: Acting is part of preaching. In: Evangelische Zeitung 29/2010. ZDB ID 2536990-8 .
- ^ First bishop turns 75. In: Lübecker Nachrichten. January 17, 2020, p. III.
- ↑ Kirsten Fehrs elected as the new bishop ( memento of August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) NDR.de, June 17, 2011, accessed on June 17, 2011.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Krusche |
Bishop of the Hamburg district of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church 1992–2008 |
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| Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter (Holstein-Lübeck) |
Bishop of the Hamburg-Lübeck district of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church 2008–2010 |
Kirsten Fehrs |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jepsen, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bregas, Maria (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | evangelical bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Segeberg |