A Slice of a Bishop's Life
Bishop Margot Käßmann has proven herself popular with many in the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD), a Lutheran Church that draws directly from the teachings of Martin Luther. She has been a very active Hannover-based Protestant bishop for the northern state of Lower Saxony.
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Bishop Margot Käßmann inspects a poster for an anti-violence youth campaign called "Respekt! - Youth for peace" in Hannover in 2007. (© dpa - Bildfunk) -
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Lower Saxony State Bishop Margot Käßmann presiding for the Protestant Church of Gremany (EKD) during an ecumenical church service with counterparts from (left to right) the Menonnit, Greek Orthodox and Catholic churches. (© dpa - Report) -
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Bishop Margot Käßmann unveils a giant placard promoting an anti-poverty campaign for children outside of Hannover's Marktkirche church, with a statue of Martin Luther in the foreground. (© dpa - Report) -
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Hannover Bishop Margot Käßmann and Christian Wulff, Minister President of the northern German state of Lower Saxony, which she represents as Protestant bishop, onstage with singers at an international gospel church day in September 2008. (© dpa - Report) -
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Lower Saxony State Bishop Margot Käßmann met German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose father was a Protestant pastor, with Bishop Wolfgang Huber, who was then head of the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD), for a dialogue on religion in February 2007. (© dpa - Report) -
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Lower Saxony State Bishop Margot Käßmann speaking at a Protestant Church of Germany (EKD) Day in Cologne in 2007. (© dpa - Report)
