First woman bishop.(ENI)--Rev. Rosemarie Wenner Rosemarie Wenner (born July 1 1955 in Eppingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg) is the current Presiding Bishop of the United Methodist Church in Germany. Rosemarie Wenner studied in Reutlingen, Germany. , 49, has become the first woman to be elected bishop of the United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). in Germany and the denomination's first female bishop outside the United States. At the same time, the Old Catholic Church in Germany ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. Alexandra Caspari as its first woman priest at a recent ceremony in Karlsruhe. The Old Catholic Church was founded after the First Vatican Council Noun 1. First Vatican Council - the Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra Vatican I Vatican Council - each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church in 1870 declared papal infallibility. Ms. Wenner was elected at the German Central Conference which met in Wuppertal in February, receiving two-thirds of the 100 votes cast in the fourth ballot. |
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