Susanne Rappmann
Marie Susanne Rappmann (* as Susanne Norrhall on February 2, 1965 in Norra Vram , Skåne län ) is a Swedish clergyman and bishop of the Lutheran Church of Sweden . Rappmann has been the 24th bishop of the Diocese of Gothenburg since 1665 and is the first woman to occupy this bishopric since March 2018 .
Life
Susanne Rappmann was ordained in 1992 for the Diocese of Gothenburg . Until she was elected bishop, she worked as a pastor in the municipality of Mölndal . Before that she was pastor in the parish of Värö-Stråvalla and in the parish of Stensjö . She received her doctorate in 2005 from the University of Karlstad with a thesis on disability from a theological perspective and worked as a university lecturer at the University of Karlstad and at the Bräcke Diakoni .
Susanne Rappmann's episcopal motto is: Vår Gud bär sår (“Our God bears wounds”). It is inspired by Ylva Eggehorn's poem No Other God Has Wounds . She herself explains her motto as follows:
”Tron på en Gud som bär egna och andras sår hear till det mest hoppfulla jag vet […] Vi behöver hopp som kämniskor men också som kyrka. Genome valspråket vill jag inspirera till att våga dela sårbarhet, tro på försoningens possible and omsätta tron i practical handling. ”
“Belief in a God who bears one's own wounds and those of others is one of the most hopeful that I know [...] We need hope as a fighter, but also as a church. With this motto I would like to encourage people to share the vulnerability, to believe in the possibility of reconciliation and to translate faith into practical action. "
Publications
- Susanne Rappmann: Kristi kropp som kritisk metafor: teologisk reflektion kring funktionshinder (= Karlstad University studies ). Karlstad University Press, Karlstad 2005, ISBN 91-85335-75-4 (Swedish, dissertation).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meritförteckning Susanne Rappman. (PDF) August 28, 2017, accessed April 16, 2018 (Swedish, CV).
- ^ Biskop Susanne on the website of the Church of Sweden, accessed on April 16, 2018
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Per Eckerdal |
Bishop of Gothenburg since 2018 |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rappmann, Susanne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rappmann, Marie Susanne (full name); Norrhall, Marie Susanne (original name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish Lutheran clergyman, Bishop of Gothenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norra Vram , Skåne County |