Paris Lutherans elect woman leader. (News).(Rev. Marie-France Robert will lead church)(Brief Article)

Women Magazine | August 1, 2001 | Copyright

For the first time, Lutherans in Paris have elected a woman to lead their church. Rev. Marie-France Robert, 54, will succeed Rev. Michel Viot as "inspecteur ecclesiastique" (church inspector-equivalent to bishop) when the latter completes his term, 1996- spring 2001. Delegates from the Paris district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of France elected Rev. Robert at the regional synod meeting on November 25. As stipulated in the synod's constitution, two-thirds ...

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